Thanks Serge.
There is no LDAP server, but I suspect that jdbc uses one authentication metod that works,
and that DB2 CC and cCient uses one that times out after 300 seconds and than tries the other method.
But I don't know if this is DB2 or Linux issue, and where to look for a solution.

/dg

"Serge Rielau" <srielau@ca.ibm.com> wrote in message news:67ons3F2pnrfqU1@mid.individual.net...
> Dan van Ginhoven wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have installed a new Db2 V9.5 fp1 Linux 64 bit with a partioned database.
> >
> > When I connect to the database using DB2Visualizer on Windows, that uses db2jcc, it works OK.
> >
> > Connecting from DB2 Control Center takes 4-5 minutes, but it connects. Opening a table can take 4-5 minutes too.
> > Connecting thru a Linux DB2 Client also takes 4-5 minutes, but after that table access seems OK.
> > I compared dbm cfg with a working db2 server but did'nt find any significant differences.
> >
> > Where do I start looking? Tried to Google, but did'nt find any obvious answers.
> > Something with the authentication process?
> That's the first place where I would look. Are you using some LDAP
> server that DB2 is trying to reach out to? I'm far from being an expert
> on thsi but I seem to recall that sometimes the OS tried to reach out to
> various authentication services in a specific order. If one of the
> remote ones is ahead of the one with the required information these
> issues occur.
>
> Cheers
> Serge
>
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> Serge Rielau
> DB2 Solutions Development
> IBM Toronto Lab