Re: ftpd - slow to connect
Sven Hoexter wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 05:36:27PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > 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
> > login prompt actually coming up. Is there any reason for this delay? Is it a
> > setting somewhere or something? I can't imagine what it could be doing that
> > would take 20 seconds...
> Is your DNS setup corect?
>
> Check your logs with tail -f and try to find out when it hangs.
> This ist mostly the point when the ftpd tries to lookup your remote
> DNS name or IP.
>
> Sven
I've had a poke around for ftp logs under /var but I can't find anything, only
some files relatng to wu-ftpd which I installed then uninstalled. Now I'm using
the standard ftpd that comes with debian. Where should the logs be? Under /var
is my best guess, but I can't find them.
alex
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