Very slow password validation

[Clyde E. Kunkel]

David Timms wrote:
> Jim Cornette wrote:
>> Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
>>> After rawhide update of 20080726, validation of root password is 
>>> taking (subjectively) a very long time, about 20-25 seconds.
>>>
>>> Anyone else seeing this?
>>> .
>>
>> Yes, logging in an su - terminal took about half a minute.
> I've noticed that on some of my F9 machines, from remote. The delay is 
> between ssh server, and getting back the login prompt. From memory, 
> machine tries a dns lookup of the machine name to see if it matches ip, 
> which eventually times out, and continues.
> 
> Is that where is occurs {ie which commmand, from where, to where, when 
> is the delay ?
> 
> DaveT.
> 

For me the delay occurs after issuing su - in a gnome terminal.  If I 
use sudo, normal response.

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