On Mon, 30 Jul 2012, Josh More wrote: > Yes. I've seen this with DNS timeouts. If you're logging over SSH, > add "UseDNS no" to the sshd_config file and restart SSH. > > -Josh > Excellent! Interestingly enough, the problem *appears* to have cleared by itself! That system is pointed at Level3 nameservers (4.2.2.2, 4.2.2.1), .. there may have been a problem there. Lee