quite possibly. I'm not terribly familiar with Kerberos as a protocol, but I know I've definitely seen Kerberos login misbehave in a way that caused it to take

quite possibly. I'm not terribly familiar with Kerberos as a protocol, but I know I've definitely seen Kerberos login misbehave in a way that caused it to take multiple minutes and then time out. anyway, hope you figure out the problem. :)