Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 09:26:32 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Wayne M Barnes <wayne@klentaq.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: passwd hang Message-ID: <199910051626.JAA04616@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 05 Oct 1999 11:20:56 CDT." <199910051620.LAA41274@klentaq.com>
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> Dear FreeBSD, > > passwd is broke *again* Actually, your symptoms indicate that nothing whatsoever is wrong with passwd. In addition, the tone of your message is quite unacceptable, especially since you appear to be in error. Thirdly, this is not the correct list to be posting such a question to. > I have 2 systems that won't do this command properly. The first one is > wayne@klentaq:/etc>uname -a > FreeBSD klentaq.com 3.3-STABLE FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE #6: Wed Sep 22 16:28:38 > CDT 1999 wayne@klentaq.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENEONE i386 > > When I enter the command 'passwd', nothing comes back. It's the same > with the comand 'send-pr'. > > My second system is a fresh install from the 3.3 CD. Same thing. > But while typing up this message, I notice that it does > respond after a *ONE MINUTE FORTY SECOND PAUSE* pause. It may be instructive for you to know that standard DNS timeout value is approximately ******SEVENTY SECONDS******. > This happens to me so much. Can I be the only one? No, there are other people out there with busted DNS setups too. You can confirm that it's DNS by saying 'stty status ^T' before you run the offending command and then hit ^T while it's running; you should see [select] in the output you get. Repeating that again: your DNS is probably busted. Fix it. Don't be rude to people you are expecting help from, or they might just take the time to make you feel _really_ stupid. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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