Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:51:49 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: "Vega, Cesar" <cesar.vega@eds.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Slow response from inetd services Message-ID: <20020205125149.Q1599@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <9638B68DBCF5D311B70400508B0CC3ED032CB611@MXMCM201>; from cesar.vega@eds.com on Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 04:58:51PM -0600 References: <9638B68DBCF5D311B70400508B0CC3ED032CB611@MXMCM201>
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On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 04:58:51PM -0600, Vega, Cesar wrote: > I'm new in FreeBSD and I have my first problem: > > I installed FreeBSD 4.2 (I only have that version and I don't have Internet > access from here in order to install a more recent version via ftp). I'm > using the kernel security level # 2. I know that in this level inetd isn't > enabled by default, but because I need it in order to run some network > services, I activated inetd in /etc/rc.conf. > > All works OK, except that my inetd services respond very, very slow. There > isn't a firewall between my machine and the FreeBSD box, so I don't know > what the problem is. Maybe some kind of encryption/authentication or > something like that? I'm using TCP-Wrappers in /etc/inetd.conf, but I have > the same slow response without TCP-Wrappers. I compiled TCP-Wrappers, I > haven't installed the package. Inetd is waiting for DNS answers, which aren't going to come if you're not on the next. Best thing is to do is to disable DNS lookups by commenting out the statement in /etc/resolv.conf. Once you have internet-connectitivity, or a proper working named somewhere, enable it again. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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