What services are running? Are you running NIS? If so are you a client of a server?
Also, are you running a firewall of any kind? Does the IP address on your machine match the name on your machine? (Do you call your machine monkey.foorbar.com but cannot do a dns lookup?) Also, how large is your log files? the delay might be the logging of a succesful login to files that take to long to append too... Rob Gillen wrote: > I believe that all the users on my system (there are only a handful) use > the default shell (bash) that would be set by using the useradd command. > > And as far as restricting the users that can login via ssh, well, I > haven't used the "AllowUsers" keyword in sshd_config, if that is what > you mean. > > Is any of that related to the problem that I've been experiencing? By > the way, I've checked the system memory using memtest-x86 and came out > with flying colors, so I guess that would most likely eminate that as a > potential source of problems. > > ROB > > > J. Craig Woods wrote: > >> et wrote: >> >>> what shell are you using? (bash? korn?) what Msec level are you at? >>> >> >> And just as importantly: what shell have you set up for the users that >> you are trying to su to? Make sure all user that ssh in, and users you >> might su to, are setup with a default shell... >> >>> On Wednesday 03 July 2002 01:35 pm, you wrote: >>> >>>> I've tried to query all of you gurus before regarding various hangs on >>>> my system, but as far as I can tell, nobody has replied to my question. >>>> So, I'll give it a go again. I've read everything on the mailing list >>>> that was written in the last three months about system hangs and >>>> freezes >>>> with both 8.1 and 8.2, but none have addressed the problem that I have >>>> been seeing. Most have described complete system freezes where nothing >>>> could be done besides a reboot, but what I am seeing is a bit >>>> different. >>>> >> >> drjung >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to >> http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Bryan Whitehead SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology Phone: 818 354 2903 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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