On November 18, 2004, Shahzad Chohan wrote: > Hi, > > This is just a question about the length of time it takes to log in as > root on some servers. Basically some of our servers run kerberos > authentication while others do local, however in all cases the root > password is in the shadow's file. The problem I have is that on some > servers it takes a very log time to log into the root account. After > typing the root password it takes more than 30 seconds before it > eventually logs in. However, when I scp or ssh to the server as root it > logs in fine and instantly. > > I'd appreciate any help if possible. > > Thanks > Shahzad > -- Is it possible that there is an issue relating to reverse mapping from IP addresses to host names? -- Rich
