From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 24 5: 1:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from srcso.globis.ru (globis.ru [212.248.80.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 045A537B424 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 05:01:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from raduga.dyndns.org (raduga.sochi.net [212.248.82.76]) by srcso.globis.ru (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA01051 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:16:45 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from igor@raduga.dyndns.org) Received: (from igor@localhost) by raduga.dyndns.org (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e7OC1YC10319 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:01:34 +0400 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:01:34 +0400 From: Igor Roboul To: "Freebsd-Questions@Freebsd. Org" Subject: Re: Slow passwd command Message-ID: <20000824160134.B9017@linux.rainbow> Reply-To: igorr@crosswinds.net Mail-Followup-To: "Freebsd-Questions@Freebsd. Org" References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i In-Reply-To: ; from jonathan@corpex.com on Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 12:39:00PM +0100 X-Operating-System: Linux linux.rainbow 2.2.14-plus-SMP X-Best-Window-Manager: Window Maker (www.windowmaker.org) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 12:39:00PM +0100, Jonathan Defries wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a problem that has been with me for several months now. > > When I type "passwd " is takes nearly a minute to be > presented with the password prompt. The same happens running > passwd as a normal user. Do you have NIS client enabled? nis_client_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf If you have NIS client enable and don't have NIS server somewhere then passwd etc. will work slow, very slow. Also check /etc/host.conf for NIS. -- Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga" http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message