Re: Q: dns /exim / inetd (?) slow startup (2)

[Ingo Hohmann <ingo@2b1.de>]

Hi all,

Once upon a time Ingo Hohmann spoketh thus:
> Hi to all,
> 
> I'm still trying to find out what may make name resolution
> and exim startup to slow down to a crawl ...
> 
> (smrgol is my local host, ip: 10.1.1.1)
> 
> If I do a 
> 
>   ping smrgol
> 
> I get an instant answer, but if I
> 
>   telnet smrgol
> 
> it takes about 30s until I'm connected. On the other hand
> 
>   telnet 10.1.1.1
> 
> connects instantly.
> 
> Another problem is exim. It normally is started from inetd,
> so I do
> 
>   telnet 10.1.1.1 smtp



I've tried all your ideas, but nothing helped, seems
there's something more hidden in my system ...

(It happens locally, without netconnection, /etc/hosts is there
and right, /etc/host.conf, too ... to start exim by hand takes
30 secs, too ...)


Thanks again,

Ingo