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Subject: Re: w hangs before loading
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Check to make sure your /etc/resolv.conf is configured correctly.  It 
sounds like it could be taking a while to resolve the remote addresses 
connected.

Vivek Prasannan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I type the command 'w' it holds for a while before printing the 
> output.
> There is no firewall in the system, load average is below 0.8 and I suspect
> it is something else. Any thoughts on this.
> 
> -Vivek
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