Passwd command slow

[Chuck Swiger]

Greg Goodman wrote:
> I have a server running freebsd 4.8.
> When you type the command "passwd" it hangs for more than 2 minutes
> before it finally responds and prompts to change an existing users
> password.
> 
> Can anyone shed some light on this issue?

That sounds a lot like an NIS timeout.  Are you using NIS, or do you have a 
domainname set?  Try running "passwd -l" and see whether that goes faster...

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-Chuck