it takes a long long long time to time-out a login attempt

[Kris Kennaway]

On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 04:21:58AM -0800, Sameer wrote:
> I'm trying to ssh into my FreeBSD (5.2.1-release sparc version) box from my
> desktop, however, it'll take a few seconds for the "login as" prompt to
> appear.  I enter my the user name and hit enter. the login attempt then sits
> there for about 90 seconds w/o asking for the password, then the connection
> times out.

This is a FAQ..your system does not have working DNS service.

Kris
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