Re: Very slow password validation

["Clyde E. Kunkel" <clydekunkel7734 cox net>]

David Timms wrote:
> Jim Cornette wrote:
> > Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
> > > After rawhide update of 20080726, validation of root password is 
> > > taking (subjectively) a very long time, about 20-25 seconds.
> > >
> > > Anyone else seeing this?
> > > .
> >
> > Yes, logging in an su - terminal took about half a minute.
> I've noticed that on some of my F9 machines, from remote. The delay is 
> between ssh server, and getting back the login prompt. From memory, 
> machine tries a dns lookup of the machine name to see if it matches ip, 
> which eventually times out, and continues.
>
> Is that where is occurs {ie which commmand, from where, to where, when 
> is the delay ?
>
> DaveT.

For me the delay occurs after issuing su - in a gnome terminal.  If I 
use sudo, normal response.

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