ls -l

[Oliver Laumann]

In article <21519 at adm.BRL.MIL> SIMSN%NUSDISCS.BITNET at cunyvm.cuny.edu writes:
> 
>  What could be the possible reasons that cause ls -l
>  to be slow, i.e. one line at a time at 1 sec interval?

Possible reason #1:  You are running SunOS and the YP-server is broken.
I have observed this behaviour several times on our Suns.  Try `ypcat passwd'
or something like that to find out what's wrong.

Regards,
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