Description of problem: Authd fails to answer immediately to queries of IPv6 is not active on the local machine. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.4.3-7.1 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. deactivate authd from xinetd and strace it: strace in.authd -d 2. type, say, 110:110 (it's an inet daemon so it works with stdin and stdout); 3. look now hard is it trying to read from /proc/net/tcp6!! Actual results: Because it tries (so hard) to read /proc/net/tcp6 it fails to deliver the answer quick. Expected results: it should answer at once, so that the services using ident do not have to wait 3-4 seconds for an answer. Additional info:
You can configure this behavior in config.h. There isn't any difference if you have/don't have /proc/net/tcp6....