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Date:      Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:59:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Rashid Karimov <rashid@rk.ios.com>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, dbabler@Rigel.orionsys.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Rlogin delay
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960621235827.906D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199606181339.JAA13296@rk.ios.com>

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On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Rashid Karimov wrote:

> > > > > I've observed something concerning rlogin that is a bit odd to me, and 
> > > > > increasingly annoying for my users. When a user logs off and then tries 
> > > > > to re-log within a reasonable delay from another machine on the local 
> > > > > network, the login will be ingored for a very long time (10-60 seconds 
> > > > > seems typical). I checked the /etc/inetd.conf to make sure it was okay:
> > 
> > If you are globally setting SO_LINGER -- don't.
> > 
> > 
> > You may also want to check to see (via ps -gax) if the rlogind had
> > exited, or it's the TCP trying to ack the client that's causing
> > the hang.
> 
> 	I see this behaviour for more than a year now - it's very typical.
> 	In my situation it's all FreeBSDs , so it's not a problem with 
> 	brain-dead client :) by some other vendor.

I just want to add a data point here.

We have this problem on STOCK 2.1 machines, from one 2.1 box to another.  
rlogin, exit, rlogin, wait.  

This has been complained about before on -questions.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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