On Aug 7 12:51, mku wrote: > Dear Corinna, > thanks for the tip, but I had done it before (and modified it to my Needs). > To be safe, I did a complete fresh Installation and made the passwd and > group files as described. But the result is the same as before (a ls command > takes 5 to 10 secs to complete for a local Directory with 10 files). The > main time lag is after the Win dll load: > +++ 8< ------------------- > 46 12959 [main] ls 588804 client_request::make_request: cygserver > un-available > --- Process 588804 loaded C:\Windows\SysWOW64\advapi32.dll at 76B80000 > --- Process 588804 loaded C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msvcrt.dll at 762B0000 > --- Process 588804 loaded C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sechost.dll at 75870000 > --- Process 588804 loaded C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rpcrt4.dll at 76620000 > --- Process 588804 loaded C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sspicli.dll at 75760000 > --- Process 588804 loaded C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cryptbase.dll at 75750000 > --- Process 588804 thread 588956 created > --- Process 588804 loaded C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netapi32.dll at 74E90000 > --- Process 588804 loaded C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netutils.dll at 74E80000 > --- Process 588804 loaded C:\Windows\SysWOW64\srvcli.dll at 74E60000 > --- Process 588804 loaded C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wkscli.dll at 74E50000 > --- Process 588804 loaded C:\Windows\SysWOW64\logoncli.dll at 727A0000 > 4519662 4532621 [main] ls 588804 pwdgrp::fetch_account_from_windows: line: > > 907 4533528 [main] ls 588804 pwdgrp::fetch_account_from_windows: line: > > 751 4534279 [main] ls 588804 pwdgrp::fetch_account_from_windows: line: > > 718 4534997 [main] ls 588804 pwdgrp::fetch_account_from_windows: line: > > --- 8< -------------------- > Now the "pwdgrp" logs are shown before the "cygheap_user::ontherange". Something's wrong with your settings in /etc/nsswitch.conf. If the settings are correct: passwd: files group: files then the method pwdgrp::fetch_account_from_windows() will never be called. It appears that the nsswitch.conf setting is not right, so the default setting is used: passwd: files db group: files db Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat