> On Sep 10, Paulo Graça Rodrigues illuminated with a virtual scribe :
> My problem with proftpd is that I can ftp localhost but when I ftp from > another machine I connect but it takes toooooooooo long to get the user > and password prompt (more than 5 minutes...). > After getting my user/password prompt, everything works correctly and very > fast. > it's possibly reverse dns lookups timing out. unless you're running a nameserver (bind et al) somewhere on your local network, try putting the two machines in /etc/hosts. ie: acs-pc-jp[5]~> cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.42.20 beowuld.tld beowulf 192.168.42.21 bilbo.tld bilbo /Jp... of the three letter domain -- Jean-Paul Blaquière || Avatar of Computational [EMAIL PROTECTED] || Thaumaturgy http://japester.ucc.asn.au || IHTFP Hell is other people
