I'm not sure how much help you're going to get on this issue since only a small proportion of users use NIS.
Five seconds sounds like some kind of timeout to me. Can you use tcpdump to see if there's anything obvious that pops out? ** Changed in: nis (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to nis in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1036622 Title: Slow NIS performance with programs such as 'finger' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nis/+bug/1036622/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
