Root login issues

[Richard E. Robbins]

On November 18, 2004, Shahzad Chohan wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This is just a question about the length of time it takes to log in as 
> root on some servers. Basically some of our servers run kerberos 
> authentication while others do local, however in all cases the root 
> password is in the shadow's file. The problem I have is that on some 
> servers it takes a very log time to log into the root account. After 
> typing the root password it takes more than 30 seconds before it 
> eventually logs in. However, when I scp or ssh to the server as root it 
> logs in fine and instantly.
> 
> I'd appreciate any help if possible.
> 
> Thanks
> Shahzad
> -- 

Is it possible that there is an issue relating to reverse mapping from IP addresses to host names?

-- Rich