Indeed. You need either a properly reverse zone nameserver or add the entries to hosts file.
Martin. > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Colbeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 10:57 AM > To: Jason P. Holland; 'Debian User list' > Subject: Re: telnetd slow to respond > > > Yup > > I think the telnetd tries to do a reverse lookup on the incoming telnet > session. Adding your ip address and machine name to the hosts file of the > machine you are telneting to will speed it up a lot. Same thing > applies to > proftpd so maybe its a function of the inetd super server ? > > Pat > > > On Thursday 05 April 2001 13:40, Jason P. Holland wrote: > > This is normally associated with DNS problems. check and make sure you > > have /etc/resolv.conf setup correctly. Also, if you need a > static entry or > > two, add them to /etc/hosts. > > > > Jason > > > > > I'm having difficulty telnetting into my system. It appears > > > that I get a > > > connection right away, but it takes a long time to receive > > > the login prompt > > > and often I don't receive a prompt at all. Any advice would > > > be appreciated. > > > > > > Bill > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
