Very slow performance suddenly on redhat 3 es server

[Ed Wilts]

On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 11:17:26AM -0500, Bliss, Aaron wrote:
> I should have been more clear; finding the box over the network is
> normal; it's the actual process of authentication that is very slow; for
> example, if logging in via ssh with a key, I actually see the message
> login as: and the userid I type for a few seconds and then
> Authenticating with public key "rsa-key-20050815" for a few seconds.

That still looks like a DNS issue.  From the server, see if you can do
both forward and reverse lookups on the address that a slow user is
coming from.

        .../Ed

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> On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 11:05:32AM -0500, Bliss, Aaron wrote:
> > I'm not exactly sure what has changed on this box, however for some 
> > reason logins to this box are very slow; it's not network related, as 
> > the boxes are using local authentication;
> 
> Just because it's using local authentication doesn't mean that it's not
> a network issue.  You could be experiencing DNS issues, perhaps timing
> out talking to your nameservers.
> 
>         .../Ed

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