[plug] Slow login

[Craig Ringer]

On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 15:54, Mark O'Shea wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 13:10, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 12:49 pm, simon at plumtek.com wrote:
> > 
> > > Im wondering what network operations would be performed on login?
> > 
> > A DNS lookup for the local hostname if it's not defined in /etc/hosts or an 
> > LDAP/NIS lookup if network authentication is being used are the most likely 
> > candidates.
> > 
> Or even connecting back to port 113 for auth info.  But the original
> post didn't actually indicate if it was a network login or on the
> console.

True, though my suggestions apply equally to network and local logins.

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Craig Ringer