Sounds like DNS. For sshd, in /etc/ssh/sshd_config you can set:
UseDNS no For MySQL, in the [mysqld] section of your my.cnf you can set: skip-name-resolve Be forewarned that this affects any grants for connections based on hostnames. Or, you can fix your network dns configuration. For a production MySQL server, I highly recommend disabling dns lookups, and do ip-based grants. Typically, external connections aren't allowed to MySQL anyways. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
