> I just downloaded the Linux gazette, all of the targz files at
> the lg ftp site, and proceeded to untar them. It is taking
> forever for EACH file to untar. When I say each file, I don't
> mean each tarball, but rather each file IN the tarball.
I bet you're using NIS or NIS+, or maybe LDAP. In all the cases the
problem is that tar is looking for information about an unknown
account (namely Linus').
Either put the correct account in /etc/passwd and /etc/group or use
glibc 2.1 (currentlz 2.0.111) with nscd.
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