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Date:      Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:51:35 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Greg Goodman <admin@fastserve.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Passwd command slow
Message-ID:  <3F7A3327.9030203@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <1476593828.20030930175150@fastserve.net>
References:  <1476593828.20030930175150@fastserve.net>

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Greg Goodman wrote:
> I have a server running freebsd 4.8.
> When you type the command "passwd" it hangs for more than 2 minutes
> before it finally responds and prompts to change an existing users
> password.
> 
> Can anyone shed some light on this issue?

That sounds a lot like an NIS timeout.  Are you using NIS, or do you have a 
domainname set?  Try running "passwd -l" and see whether that goes faster...

-- 
-Chuck




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