[olug] slow password authentication

[Kevin]

I'd look at things in /etc/pam.d/sshd, and see if anything there
indicates network access. You'll probably also have to look at
system-auth, too.

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Noel Leistad <noel at metc.net> wrote:
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> <not really important, unless you have same problems>
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> had been using mythdora 5.0, experienced lots of crashes of MBE, decided
> to upgrade to CentOS 5.2 and manual install of MythTV, still experience
> crashes.
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> </not really important, unless you have same problems>
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> SO, I'll ssh into the box using putty in hopes of restarting
> mythbackend. (works, but sound generally dead too, so "reboot")
>
> the "login as:" prompt comes up quickly, followed quickly by password
> prompt.
>
> The verification of the password is a 8-12 second wait....
> If I then su , verification is instant.
>
> This happened both the MythDora 5 AND the CentOS 5.2
>
> I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do w/ the MBE crashes, but it's
> curious, AND frustrating.
>
> Has anyone become well-versed in the order of things in the files of the
> /etc/pam.d directory?? I'm assuming this is the place to look??
>
> Other suggestions.....
>
>
> TIA
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