RE: telnetd slow to respond
Indeed. You need either a properly reverse zone nameserver or add the
entries to hosts file.
Martin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Colbeck [mailto:Pat.Colbeck@esc.azlan.co.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 10:57 AM
> To: Jason P. Holland; 'Debian User list'
> Subject: 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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