Mark Haney wrote: ...
So you think this is inode/disk related?
Before we see the output of strace we would be guessing. Another thing to check is NIS/YP. Do you run this? This could hang the lookups of user/group information. Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08 Email: mk@xxxxxx Homepage: http://www.crc.dk