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From: connie@psych.Stanford.EDU (Constance Stillinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: 20 seconds to login at console?? (ds3100)
Summary: Flaky network caused it, I think.
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Date: 21 Aug 90 18:11:39 GMT
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Much to my surprise, this nasty behavior stopped when my local
mail gateway/nameserver/etc. came back up and started behaving
itself again (after a recent thunderstorm).

I didn't think this could be the source of login problems,
especially at the console, but it seems like more than a
coincindence.

Any comments from people more knowledgeable than I?  What kinds
of flaky behavior can I expect from my workstation when my gateways and nameservers
freak out?


Constance Stillinger
connie@psych.stanford.edu  (Now ass't prof. at Northwestern Univ.)
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