On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 05:36:27PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: > I'm running the standard ftpd on my debian (potato) machine. When I ftp in, > there is a 20 second pause between the message "Connected to <machine>" and the I'm guessing you are having these problems on a LAN with client(lan)->server(lan) with reserved ips. since reserved ips are just that, reserved, there are no dns-ptr values for it so in-addr.arpa lookups will fail unless you set up your own private one. quickfix: add all clients to the ftp-server to hosts(5) "real" fix, install a dns-server of your choice (no religious wars here :P) if this is happening from an external client. do your server have an external dns-server in resolv.conf(5) ? hope it helps -- Yours Digitally, Tommi Jensen ^ /e\ There is no conspiracy ---
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