Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 13:24:17 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: vivek.prasannan@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: w hangs before loading Message-ID: <A8469B67-20F9-4DAB-A232-4E473089BEC7@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <f7694a60703071241t2b096b8cw60a5baf94941ec8f@mail.gmail.com> References: <f7694a60703071241t2b096b8cw60a5baf94941ec8f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mar 7, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Vivek Prasannan wrote:
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> When I type the command 'w' it holds for a while before printing
> the output.
> There is no firewall in the system, load average is below 0.8 and I
> suspect
> it is something else. Any thoughts on this.
The 'w' command attempts to look up the hostnames for any users which
are remotely logged in.
If you encounter a significant delay, that suggests that reverse DNS
(aka PTR record lookups) is not properly configured or is performing
slowly in your situation.
--
-Chuck
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