From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 13 12: 6:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFB0F37B8F6 for ; Sat, 13 May 2000 12:06:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA47917; Sat, 13 May 2000 15:06:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 15:06:04 -0400 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Kiril Mitev Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/bin/passwd hangs ... Message-ID: <20000513150604.B47176@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Reply-To: cjclark@home.com References: <200005131631.QAA19083@loki.ideaglobal.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200005131631.QAA19083@loki.ideaglobal.com>; from kiril@ideaglobal.com on Sat, May 13, 2000 at 04:31:03PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 04:31:03PM +0000, Kiril Mitev wrote: > this on a more-or-less brand new install of f-bsd 4.o release > > after I finished the install, i logged-on as root and created a user account > > after that i tried to set the account's password > > passwd USER > > > that command hangs for about10-15 minutes before coming up with the next > prompt.... > > what IS it looking for and can I disable that , please ?? Do you have NIS turned on? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message