I think that it is the tcpd wrapper that does reverselookup, and not the
telnet or other utilities. Try removing the tcpd from /etc/inetd.conf,
ofcourse you will be loosing some security features.
tjordan wrote:
> Any idea how to keep it from doing this? Most of our machines (win95)
> are
> configured with IP only and don't have fqdn's associated with them
> through
> DNS. Is there a way that you know of to avoid the name lookups?
>
> >===== Original Message From Dave Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
>
> >Yes,
> >
> >I understand that this has to do with the Target machine failing to
> >reverse resolve the ip address that you are telnetting from ... it
> >eventually times out and lets you in anyway - look at
> /var/log/messages on
> >the target - you will see that the log usually shows names (fqdn) for
>
> >telnet sessions.
> >
> >davep
> >
> >On Mon, 6 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Has anyone ever experienced a problem where you telnet to a machine
>
> >> running RHLinux, and there is an unusual amount of time (>1minute)
> >> that goes by before you get a login: prompt??
> >>
> >> -------
> >> $ telnet machine.running.redhat
> >> Trying machine.running.redhat...
> >> Connected to machine.running.redhat.
> >> Escape character is '^]'.
> >>
> >> (~1-2 minutes elapse)
> >>
> >> Red Hat Linux release 4.2 (Biltmore)
> >> Kernel 2.0.30 on an i586
> >> login:
> >> -------
> >>
> >>
> >> Eventually the thing works OK.
> >> I've seen it before, but I can't remember what/how to fix it. My
> >> recall is that it "fixed itself" over time (???)
> >>
> >>
> >> H E L P !!!
> >>
> >>
> >> Joe
>
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