On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > wu-ftp delay before login request > (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=20000917133754) > > Richard mCallister writes "I'm setting up Mandrake 7.1 to recieve files from another >pc @ 1 file per second. I'm finding a delay after requesting to ftp (message >"connected to 127.0.0.1") of about a minute and a half, before it requests my name & >password. Because of this, the requesting pc times out, and disconnects. I have it >working on 2 PCs (requests name & password immediatly after the ftp request), but >can't find the reason for the delay on 3 others. I've compared about every file in >/etc and start-up services, and can't find any differances. Anyone know what might be >causing this delay, and how to fix it??? " > > COMMENT This is very strange. I never heard of such a thing before, it sounds like >some kind of network-misconfiguration to me (why is it connecting to loclhost, >anyway?), rather than wuftpd problem. Folks does any of you have a clue? > I recall something simliar in another list awhile back. Turned out to be a reverse DNS problem. Put the IP and machine name of the requesting machine in the "hosts" (/etc/hosts I think) file and HOPEFULLY everything should work... Or, set up a DNS server on your lan and set it up to forward requests for outside systems to your ISP's name server and handle all in-house DNS. John
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