On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 05:36:27PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: Hi,
> I'm running the standard ftpd on my debian (potato) machine. When I ftp in, > there is a 20 second pause between the message "Connected to <machine>" and > the > login prompt actually coming up. Is there any reason for this delay? Is it a > setting somewhere or something? I can't imagine what it could be doing that > would take 20 seconds... Is your DNS setup corect? Check your logs with tail -f and try to find out when it hangs. This ist mostly the point when the ftpd tries to lookup your remote DNS name or IP. Sven -- Sven Hoexter Earth - Germany - Leverkusen -=|=- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rm -rf /usr/bin/laden One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them