Re: [cobalt-users] FTP slow connection for each file, but file transfers itself are fast

["Jelmer Jellema" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I found that after the OS Update 2.0 + other patches on the RaQ4, connecting
to the ftp server was slow.

Adding this line to the <global> section of /etc/proftpd.conf did the trick
for me:
   IdentLookups of

The default(!) of proftpd is to try to connect back to any machine
connecting to get the remote username through the ident protocol.

Jelmer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy A. Urick" <rurick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 4:50 AM
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] FTP slow connection for each file, but file
transfers itself are fast


> also make sure you have a PTR record for the server. I had the same
problem
> (up to 2 mins to connect) until I added one.
>
> Seems they should make more mention of that in the docs/FAQs
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Simon Pierce
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:02 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] FTP slow connection for each file, but file
> transfers itself are fast
>
>
> I might be totally wrong here, but I remember in my distant past having a
> similar problem on a non-Cobalt server, and the fix turned out to be
either
> turning on or switching off Passive mode in the FTP client (it was a long
> time ago!)
>
> Again, I might be competely wrong, but it must be worth a try?! Look for
> Passive mode in your FTP client and try playing with it!
>
> Si
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gerald Waugh
> Sent: 21 March 2002 12:36
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] FTP slow connection for each file, but file
> transfers itself are fast
>
>
> On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, E.B. Dreger wrote:
> > > Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 20:16:16 +0100
> > > From: Micha Kagie <kagie@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > > When I ftp to my RaQ4, there is quite a long connection time
> > > for each file that I transfer. This is only at the beginning of
> > > each file, the transfer itself is fast. All websites on my RaQ
> > > are also fast. Anyone encountered this problem also?
> >
> > Bad reverse DNS for the client computer making TCP wrappers on
> > the server take forever?
> >
>
> I was thinking the same, but wouldn't that be only on the initial
> connection?
>
> --
> Gerald Waugh
>
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