On Aug  7 01:48, mku wrote:
> In order to find the reason for the delay in processing the ls command, I did
> some investigations with the following results:
> 
> As I wished to use cygwin in a local environment that is not permanently
> connected to AD (mobile device), I modified the file /etc/nsswitch.conf
> after having the long lasting ls command to the following contents:
>     passwd:   files
>     group:    files
> After rebooting the effect remains (ls commands took about 5 sec to complete
> for a local directory with 10 files).
> 
> After that I enabled the VPN tunnel to the AD domain and tried the ls
> command again. To list the 10 files it now took only 0.9 sec. 

Sounds like you forgot to create correct /etc/passwd and /etc/group
files.  Switch on your VPN and call

  $ mkpasswd -l -d > /etc/passwd
  $ mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group


Corinna

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