Re: telnetd slow to respond
Yup
I think the telnetd tries to do a reverse lookup on the incoming telnet
session. Adding your ip address and machine name to the hosts file of the
machine you are telneting to will speed it up a lot. Same thing applies to
proftpd so maybe its a function of the inetd super server ?
Pat
On Thursday 05 April 2001 13:40, Jason P. Holland wrote:
> This is normally associated with DNS problems. check and make sure you
> have /etc/resolv.conf setup correctly. Also, if you need a static entry or
> two, add them to /etc/hosts.
>
> Jason
>
> > I'm having difficulty telnetting into my system. It appears
> > that I get a
> > connection right away, but it takes a long time to receive
> > the login prompt
> > and often I don't receive a prompt at all. Any advice would
> > be appreciated.
> >
> > Bill
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