Immediate timeout, even though message says timed out after

I am unable to login to my linode server and the message I get is that it has timed out, but I am logging in immediately and its not taking me 6 seconds much less 60 seconds.

Here is the message I get:

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Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (none) tty0

(none) login: daryl

Password:

Login timed out after 60 seconds.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (none) tty0

(none) login:

Has anyone seen this before?