From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 21 23:59:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA06141 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:59:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts7-line14.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.61]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA06129 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:59:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id XAA00938; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:59:58 -0700 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:59:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Rashid Karimov cc: Terry Lambert , dbabler@Rigel.orionsys.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Rlogin delay In-Reply-To: <199606181339.JAA13296@rk.ios.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Rashid Karimov wrote: > > > > > I've observed something concerning rlogin that is a bit odd to me, and > > > > > increasingly annoying for my users. When a user logs off and then tries > > > > > to re-log within a reasonable delay from another machine on the local > > > > > network, the login will be ingored for a very long time (10-60 seconds > > > > > seems typical). I checked the /etc/inetd.conf to make sure it was okay: > > > > If you are globally setting SO_LINGER -- don't. > > > > > > You may also want to check to see (via ps -gax) if the rlogind had > > exited, or it's the TCP trying to ack the client that's causing > > the hang. > > I see this behaviour for more than a year now - it's very typical. > In my situation it's all FreeBSDs , so it's not a problem with > brain-dead client :) by some other vendor. I just want to add a data point here. We have this problem on STOCK 2.1 machines, from one 2.1 box to another. rlogin, exit, rlogin, wait. This has been complained about before on -questions. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major