[wellylug] What can cause a slow login?

[Enkidu]

I'd damn well hope so! I set most of it up! I'll check localhost
though. That's sort of so usual it isn't noticed.

Cheers,

Cliff

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:17:16 +1300, you wrote:

>DNS!
>
>does your machine have the correct hostname->ip mapping in /etc/hosts, 
>and is there a localhost 127.0.0.1 line as well?
>
>
>On 23/11/2004, at 9:11 AM, Enkidu wrote:
>
>>
>> If this had been a Windows box I'd have been deafened by yells of
>> "DNS", but what would make a Debian Linux box slow to login?
>>
>> Accessing using putty, the "login as:" comes up quickly, but the
>> password prompt doesn't arrive for 10s of seconds....
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Cliff
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>> great! We can wait ten to a hundred times faster
>> these days.
>>
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These twin-CPU hyperthreading computers are really
great! We can wait ten to a hundred times faster
these days.