xinetd delays in in.rshd responses (cluster problem, long)

[Tim Prendergast]

The master and slaves all share the same original passwd file, and no new 
users have been added. We have several application users that are the same 
name and UID across all slaves and the master.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nigel Wade" <nmw at ion.le.ac.uk>
>
> Can you strace the server-side, and also capture the packets on both 
> interfaces to see what times they are sent/received.
>
> The delay comes when the client sends the login information with the 
> username. It could be a delay in mapping a username to a userid. What 
> authentication mechanism is running on both systems? Is nscd running to 
> cache the user information on both systems, or does it require a network 
> lookup from NIS, LDAP etc?
>
> -- 
> Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,