Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 14:29:19 +0100 From: "Jonathan Defries" <jonathan@corpex.com> To: "Freebsd-Questions@Freebsd. Org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Slow passwd command Message-ID: <NEBBJLAOAKHHJLPLDLPICEMNDBAA.jonathan@corpex.com> In-Reply-To: <20000824160134.B9017@linux.rainbow>
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> -----Original Message----- > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 12:39:00PM +0100, Jonathan Defries wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a problem that has been with me for several months now. > > > > When I type "passwd <user>" is takes nearly a minute to be > > presented with the password prompt. The same happens running > > passwd as a normal user. > Do you have NIS client enabled? nis_client_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf > If you have NIS client enable and don't have NIS server somewhere then > passwd etc. will work slow, very slow. > Also check /etc/host.conf for NIS. > > -- > Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga" Hi, I can't see NIS being enabled anywhere, no. It's not in rc.conf or hosts.conf. - Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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