On Fri, 23 May 2008, Jason Pyeron wrote: > debug3: Normalising mapped IPv4 in IPv6 address > debug3: Trying to reverse map address 192.168.1.80. > > paused 7 seconds Here, obviously, is part of the problem. Your name service isn't answering reverse lookups for your LAN addresses -- or it least it isn't answering them in a timely manner. Fixing that, either through DNS or /etc/hosts, will help a bunch. > debug1: do_pam_account: called > > pause 7 seconds > > debug3: PAM: do_pam_account pam_acct_mgmt = 0 (Success) This delay puzzles me. Are you using LDAP as an authentication backend? If so, reverse-mapping failure may be the issue here, too. -- Paul Heinlein <> heinlein at madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/