Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:32:02 -0400 From: "Edward Ruggeri" <smallhand@crawblog.com> To: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slow performance as root over SSH? Message-ID: <919383240804140932j550881d9h2ebbe3ca96ccc656@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48035C26.3050105@FreeBSD.org> References: <919383240804140555r6ea4d5arde9567495e64dab4@mail.gmail.com> <48035C26.3050105@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Edward Ruggeri wrote: > > Recently, I figured to do this with portupgrade. Now, I don't allow > > root login, so I log in as a user in the wheel group and use su. Now, > > as root, I run: dtach -A portupgrade -a. It starts working, but > > extremely slowly. For instance, "portsnap fetch update" takes several > > minutes, whereas it normally is blazing fast when performed locally. > > I can still detach, exit root, and close the SSH tunnel. I suppose > > this is probably a dtach performance issue? > > > > Likely unrelated to either. There is nothing that would make root perform > any differently than other users, and dtach only affects the terminal > handling and not any other aspect of the system. > > Kris > Thanks Kris! Well, that's what I would have expected. But then what explains the difference in performance? The only other difference I can imagine is that I am logging in with a wheel account and using su, rather than logging in as root. Being something of a novice still, could that be the issue? Sincerely, -- Ned Ruggeri
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