From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 5 18:40:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47E6C16A684 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:40:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Received: from typhoon.enabled.com (typhoon.enabled.com [216.218.220.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8401943D76 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:39:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Received: from [172.24.241.10] (natint3.juniper.net [66.129.224.36]) (authenticated bits=0) by typhoon.enabled.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k85IdekS060361 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:39:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Message-ID: <44FDC44A.8030904@enabled.com> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:39:06 -0700 From: Noah User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Macintosh/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com References: <20060905182805.56778.qmail@web83107.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060905182805.56778.qmail@web83107.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sshd login stalling X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:40:27 -0000 backyard wrote: > --- Noah wrote: > > >> Okay I cant seem to figure out why sshd logins are >> stalling. I see that >> I am coming from an IP address that does not have >> Reverse mapping. >> >> So I added the lines below to >> /usr/local/etc/ssh/sshd_config >> and /etc/ssh is sym linked to /usr/local/etc/ssh >> >> --- snip --- >> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 18 Sep 4 23:01 ssh >> -> /usr/local/etc/ssh >> >> UseDNS no >> VerifyReverseMapping no >> >> ---- snip --- >> >> >> cheers, >> >> Noah >> > > > just a thought but if /etc/ssh is linked to > /usr/local/etc/ssh wouldn't that just cause troubles > from the ghetco? My understanding is /usr/local/etc is > for local specific configurations so that a site > specific configuration in /etc can be loaded and > appended by the stuff in /usr/local/etc. Wouldn't > symlinking one to the other force the same config > files to be loaded twice??? And if so wouldn't that > possibly confuse the daemon? Maybe I'm not entirely > clear on how all that works myself. but my > understanding is /etc is read first and then appended > by /usr/local/etc. Although I can see how this would > allow NFS to be used on diskless clients using generic > /etc while allowing system specific configurations to > be stored elsewhere and linked in as needed. I am just > under the impression that /usr/local/etc is not for > this purpose. of course I'm not the brightest tool in > the shed... > Well currently if I am coming from an IP address the has reverse mapping then things work fine there is no stalling whatsoever. When I removed the sym link between /etc/ssh and /usr/local/etc/ssh things work fine now. these is still stalling experienced when coming from an machine with a non-reverse mapped IP. other clues? cheers, Noah > > -brian >