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From: apearlst@emunix.emich.edu (Arona Pearlstein)
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Subject: Drastic slow down of login when running ppp server
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I have configured my machine as a ppp server, exactly as mentioned
in the ppp man pages.  Everything is working just fine, except for
one peculiar thing:  when (and only when) ppp -direct is running,
shell spawning take over 30 seconds to complete.  This applies
to both login and su.  As soon as the incoming ppp connection is
terminated, things go back to normal.  Also, this applies to ANY
shell spawning on ANY of the terminals on the system.  This happens
only when ppp is acting as a server. when I use ppp to dialout, 
this does not happen.

Help appreciated!