14 Apr
2005
14 Apr
'05
5:47 a.m.
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 05:19:54AM -0000, vaibhav samant wrote:
If internet is down, and if I try to ssh to the server from within the LAN the passwd prompt come late. What could be the reason for this.
DNS. Or rather reverse lookup. Add a local (within LAN) DNS server with forward and reverse entries for your local machines and make sure this server is queried first. Your problem of "late prompt" will disappear.
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Vipul Mathur
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