Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:08:34 +0000 From: Matthew Smithshaw <M@mlnet.net> To: "Derek Jewett" <djewett@snowcrest.net>, <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FTP authentication - Message-ID: <199909231803.SAA18581@newgate.home.ml-associates.co.uk>
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If this is pre-authentication, ie between 'connected' and the login/username prompt, then it could be a reverse DNS lookup problem rather than an authentication problem. Regards -M At 09:49 23/09/1999 -0700, Derek Jewett wrote: >Sorry if this is duplicate, I sent the last message out formatted.. sorry > >Running 3.1-R I am still getting a strange dilema every once in a while... >Happened last night; When a user hits my FBSD box to do an ftp session the >machine takes like some three or four minutes to authenticate the user.. The >same thing happens when you try to do a telnet session as well.. and then >after some time passes the problem goes away and it operates as normal. This >box is mission critical as daily and nightly file transfers happen on a >normal basis.. Anyone got any ideas as to what may be causing these mystry >slow downs > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > > > -- Matthew Smithshaw | ML Associates M@UK.COM or M@mlnet.net | P O Box 16076 tel:+44-141-951-2229 | Glasgow Scotland fax:+44-141-951-8877 | G11 7TL To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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