Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 14:19:17 -0500 (CDT) From: Wayne M Barnes <wayne@barnes1.wustl.edu> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: passwd hang or DNS Message-ID: <199910051919.OAA00341@barnes1.wustl.edu>
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Dear Mike,
Why would passwd care about the DNS setup?
I tried your suggestion to 'stty status ^T'
Here is the output from a few ^T:
wayne@klentaq:/home/wayne>passwd
load: 1.00 cmd: passwd 41655 [nanslp] 0.00u 0.00s 0% 644k
load: 1.00 cmd: passwd 41655 [nanslp] 0.00u 0.00s 0% 644k
load: 1.00 cmd: passwd 41655 [nanslp] 0.00u 0.00s 0% 644k
^C
Here we go for the hanging 'send-pr':
wayne@klentaq:/home/wayne>send-pr
load: 1.01 cmd: sed 41816 [piperd] 0.00u 0.00s 0% 492k
load: 1.01 cmd: sed 41816 [piperd] 0.00u 0.00s 0% 492k
I don't see the [select] that you predicted. Also, I can do most
any network function from my system one, so I think its DNS is okay.
Do you have any other ideas?
Wayne M. Barnes, Ph.D. wayne@barnes1.wustl.edu
The following output is reproduced without flame retardant:
>
> > Dear FreeBSD,
> >
> > passwd is broke *again*
>
> Actually, your symptoms indicate that nothing whatsoever is wrong with
> passwd. In addition, the tone of your message is quite unacceptable,
> especially since you appear to be in error. Thirdly, this is not the
> correct list to be posting such a question to.
>
> > I have 2 systems that won't do this command properly. The first one is
> > wayne@klentaq:/etc>uname -a
> > FreeBSD klentaq.com 3.3-STABLE FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE #6: Wed Sep 22 16:28:38
> > CDT 1999 wayne@klentaq.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENEONE i386
> >
> > When I enter the command 'passwd', nothing comes back. It's the same
> > with the command 'send-pr'.
> >
> > My second system is a fresh install from the 3.3 CD. Same thing.
> > But while typing up this message, I notice that it does
> > respond after a *ONE MINUTE FORTY SECOND PAUSE* pause.
>
> It may be instructive for you to know that standard DNS timeout value
> is approximately ******SEVENTY SECONDS******.
>
> > This happens to me so much. Can I be the only one?
>
> No, there are other people out there with busted DNS setups too. You
> can confirm that it's DNS by saying 'stty status ^T' before you run the
> offending command and then hit ^T while it's running; you should see
> [select] in the output you get.
>
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