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Subject: Re: Strange login delays - ftp problems
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Lorin Lund wrote:
> 
> I've just loaded RELEASE 4.0 on a PC that had been
> running 3.3.  I wiped it out and loaded from scratch.
> 
> When I telnet in from some computers the login process
> is quick and painless, but from others there is a
> strange delay.
> 
> In the delay case I get the banner and login prompt
> without delay. I enter my userID, press enter, get the
> password prompt without delay, enter my password and
> then wait ... sometimes several minutes before it
> gives me the motd and a shell prompt.
> 
> I have no idea what to look for.
> 
> Also I can't ftp in or out reliable.  Usually when I
> try to make an incoming ftp connection I get some
> delay and then "Connected to debughost.
> "  and then nothing for a long time then
> "Connection closed by remote host.
> "
> 
> When I try to ftp out I get no response for a long
> time, then it finally procedes to give me a login
> prompt.
> 
> Also, when I do and ifconfig -a I see some devices I
> don't understand: gif0, gif1, gif2 ... they seem to be
> related to IPv6 stuff that I didn't think I asked for.
>  Are these normal, optional, standard with RELEASE 4?

I kind of think that you might have some systems that aren't covered
by your hosts table or hosts.allow. I have all of my systems covered
in both. Reverse DNS failing could be causing the long logins.

These are ipv6 stuff. At least for now, I have it commented out where
ever it occurs.

Kent

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