That fixed it. After finding that it was a DNS issue (surprise to me), I checked with our network admins to find out that the our primary nameserver is offline. I had no idea that could cause this sort of issue. After removing that server from resolv.conf and putting dns back in nsswitch.conf, things are working normally. ---- Thank You, Jason Williard Jason Williard wrote: > As far as I can see, everything except hosts is set to files: > > passwd: files > shadow: files > group: files > hosts: files dns > Then change... hosts: files dns to hosts: files and try again... > > > > On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 05:45:39PM -0800, Jason Williard wrote: > >>With that in mind, I have to agree that the issue appears to be with PAM, >>but I am just not sure what. The debug logs are showing nothing during > > the > >>5-10 second gaps. As this server is using local files, rather than NIS, I >>don't believe there is any network or DNS issue. Thoughts? > > > Check /etc/nsswitch.conf to make sure you're really using local files > and all the dns stuff is commented out. > > .../Ed > -- Why be difficult when, with a bit of effort, you could be impossible? -- nahant-list mailing list nahant-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/nahant-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list