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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] slow cpu server
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 23 Apr 2003 21:55:19 PDT."
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From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 11:41:24 -0400
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> Everything seems to be coming together nicely, except for the cpu
> server ('B'), takes a _really_ long time to authenticate when i try to
> telnet to it, it comes right back asking for a user, then pauses for a
> few minutes before it prompts for a challenge/response. Any ideas?
> Thanks.

Sounds like a DNS issue.  Are you using the long forms of hostnames?
e.g., auth.foo.com instead of auth?  The former are looked up using
DNS, which can take a long time to timeout.  The former are looked
up locally using /lib/ndb/*.

	- Dan C.