Sounds like a DNS issue -- you're logging in (or su'ing) and your box
attempting to resolve the ip address you're logging in from.
You can fix this by setting up a caching DNS server.
-rj
On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Barton Hodges wrote:
> Hi,
> I've been reading posts for a while, but this is my first time to ask a
> question.
>
> I have diald up and running, but it hangs after a while. When it is hung,
> I can't login, or execute su. If I kill the syslogd (or klogd, I dont
> remember),
> everything works fine again. I am using the latest patches for diald. Is
> there a
> fix for this?
>
> Also, what is the easiest way to set a dial-up timeout, before hang-up.
> Let's say
> I want a hang-up delay time of 10 minutes, no matter what. Is there 1
> simple
> setting that I can change?
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Barton Hodges
>
>
>
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