Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!unido!tub!net
From: net@tub.UUCP (Oliver Laumann)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: ls -l
Message-ID: <1039@tub.UUCP>
Date: 24 Nov 89 20:23:22 GMT
References: <21519@adm.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: net@tub.UUCP (Oliver Laumann)
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
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In article <21519@adm.BRL.MIL> SIMSN%NUSDISCS.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes:
> 
>  What could be the possible reasons that cause ls -l
>  to be slow, i.e. one line at a time at 1 sec interval?

Possible reason #1:  You are running SunOS and the YP-server is broken.
I have observed this behaviour several times on our Suns.  Try `ypcat passwd'
or something like that to find out what's wrong.

Regards,
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Oliver Laumann              net@TUB.BITNET              net@tub.UUCP