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Date:      Tue, 07 Nov 1995 19:47:33 -0600
From:      Jon Loeliger <jdl@chrome.onramp.net>
To:        Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to eliminate long pauses and/or net dialling at login? 
Message-ID:  <199511080147.TAA29210@chrome.jdl.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Nov 1995 09:58:01 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.91.951107095426.630A-100000@ncc-1701-d> 

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Apparently, Donald Burr scribbled:
> Whenever I boot my machine and login for the first time (whether I login 
> as root or my own personal account), I either get a LONG pause (right 
> after the motd prints out, and right before my .login/.cshrc is 
> executed).  And since I recently got dial-on-demand PPP set up, the PPP 
> connection also dials out during this long pause.

Let me guess... tcsh right?

> Has it something to do with the fact that I'm using tcsh as my login 
> shell?

Thought so.  It's trying to find hostname info for $HOST, I believe.

> Basically, what I'm trying to find out is, "What is going on here?" and 
> "How can I fix it?"
> 
> I apologize for the vagueness of my questions and my problem description, 
> but to tell you the truth, that's all I know about it.

Good enough to identify it, I'm afraid I don't know what to do about it.
Except, use csh through the login and convert to tcsh later.

jdl



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