Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2234 mails)

[mha@xxxxxxx (Michael Hasenstein)]

On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Sean Groarke wrote:

> From my SuSE 6.2 (was 6.1 and was the same behaviour) I telnet all over
> the place with no probs, EXCEPT when I telnet to another SuSE 6.1
> server!!!
> 
> I get connected immediately, but get no login: prompt for between one
> and two minutes - then it eventually appears, I log in and everything is
> absolutely fine - no response time issues at all.
> 
> Any ideas where to look for what's delaying the login?

Yes, the reverse DNS lookup done by tcpwrapper on the client IP. Check on
the server you're logging into if "nslookup your-clients-IP-address"
works. I say it doesn't.

> All I've established is that it's definitely a problem with the SuSE
> box I'm telnetting to, and is not a network issue. I get the same prob
> from a MS telnet session as well.
> 
> All the best to all,


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Michael Hasenstein
http://www.suse.de/~mha/
Private Pilot (ASEL) since 1998

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