Thanks Bud DNS in nsswitch was causing most of the problems but proftpd was still really slow even after that. For reference in case anyone else runs into this proftpd does reverse DNS and Ident against incoming addresses but you can switch it off in proftpd.conf thus:
UseReverseDNS off IdentLookups off Now the thing connects instantaneously for all allowed methods :) Mind you I wouldn't recommend doing this on a server connected to the internet or one that had any data that you really cared about on it. this one is just a staging and temporary storage area for router/switch firmware so I dont really care if someone manages to break it. Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Pat >>>>> "Bud" == Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bud> On Monday 11 June 2001 05:38, Patrick Colbeck wrote: >> I am assuming that the server is doing a reverse lookup on all >> incoming tcp conections. Since the test lab has no DNS and the >> machines can have an ip address in a range that covers several >> thousand addresses (its a claa B network) I really don't want >> to type all the ip addresses into the hosts file with dummy >> names. Is there anyway to turn of the reverse lookup and make >> life easier as this is a secure network not connected to the >> Internet ? Bud> You probably want to take dns out of /etc/host.conf and Bud> /etc/nsswitch.conf. Both have good man pages that will Bud> explain what you need to do. You might also want to set up Bud> NIS. Bud> -- Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.sirinet.net/~budr Bud> All things in moderation. And not too much moderation Bud> either. Bud> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to Bud> [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of Bud> "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]