[KLUG Members] Re: slow ldap authentication

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Quoting Joe Baker <joebaker at dcresearch.com>:


> Komal, might I suggest that the name resolution isn't setup properly on the
> machine with the 15 second delays.  Typically daemons on the system like to
> log the hostname that is making the connection, so the hosts file is
> consulted, then other services such as NIS, WINS, DNS and maybe even
> additional LDAP queries.  /etc/nsswitch.conf is typically the file that is
> used for configuring the order of presidence for these name resolver
> services.  Add on top of this that many LANS don't have a local DNS zone
> setup and you can begin to see that there is much room for improvement in the
> name resolution arena.
> 
> Try creating a client host name in /etc/hosts on the slow server like this
> 
> 192.168.0.35	testhostname.nelfc.com
> 
> And then initiate a SSH, FTP, SMB connection from .35 and see if that helps. 
> If not, then I'm likely wrong in my guess.
> 
> Good Luck Komal,
> 
>

Thanks. Let  me try .

Regards,

Komal

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