SCO OpenServer 5 Slow Login and Slow Spooling

[coreysan]

I use a standard telnet connection to an in-house sco openserver 5 unix box to work on the command line using csh and ksh. I'm more of a DBA than a network admin guy, but I have been trying to figure out why it takes at least a minute before getting a login prompt through telnet, and why a print request would take about 1 minute to accept.

How can I begin to research this problem?

Thanks for any response!

 

[PHV]

takes at least a minute before getting a login prompt through telnet
The more likely is a DNS issue.
What happens if you telnet with IP address instead of hostname ?

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[PHV]

Another thing to check: is your telnet client station know by the SCO host ?

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[coreysan]

Thank you so much for replying. I have been using a 3rd party telnet program called "PowerTerm," and I use the
actual IP address, but still get the problem.
In addition, we have a development pc with openserver5 that runs well, and when I attempt to telnet from the development pc to this one, I get the lengthy login problem.

Would you suggest I start reading up on DNS issues with a book, or is there something on the internet to introduce me to this whole thing?

 

[PHV]

Have a look at the /var/adm/syslog file.

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[coreysan]

Wow - I followed up on your advice about DNS, and found an internet article concerning the file /etc/resolv.conf.

I discovered that our nameserver ID was wrong!! When I changed it, the problem vanished!

Thank you VERY much for pointing me in the right direction.