If it's happening with SU when you're already logged in, then it's probably not a DNS issue (unless you're doing some sort of network authentication like NIS...) Munir, see: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sparc/2002/03/09/0000.html I had a similar problem on an SS-20. On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 09:49, nassarmu at redconcepts.net wrote: > Josh Close writes: > > > When I ssh into my pass and put in my password, it takes like 1-2 minutes to > > verify it. I still does it when the box is restarted. There aren't any run > > away processes either. It also takes as long when using "su". I have no clue > > what's going on. > > is this a sparc by any chance? > > my sparcstations all have this problem, apparently sparcs suck at > generating/working with ssh keys. > > really old x86s can have this problem as well (386s, 486s) > > -- > Munir Nassar > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list