Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:21:52 +0000 From: Joao Barros <joao.barros@gmail.com> To: "Michael A. Koerber" <mak@ll.mit.edu> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH login takes very long time...sometimes Message-ID: <70e8236f0512230521l2feb988bjb6d4e8a2e5895171@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43ABF6E4.2090908@ll.mit.edu> References: <43ABF6E4.2090908@ll.mit.edu>
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On 12/23/05, Michael A. Koerber <mak@ll.mit.edu> wrote: > All, > > I have three machines that have had 5.4 and 6.0 installed. Two of the = three machines have very > well behaved "ssh". However, the machine (laptop) named OBOE does not. > > Specifically "ssh oboe" will (most of the time) hang for around one min= ute before asking for a > prompt. However, if I'm logged into OBOE and "ssh BSD" (one of the other= machines) a password is > requested within a couple seconds. (I said most of the time, since on oc= casion I can reboot OBOE > and ssh will work just fine...hmmm.) > > I have looked through the /var/log files for clues and skimmed "man ssh= " for time out related > stuff, but no luck. > > Where should I start looking for clues? > Most probably it's a reverse dns issue. You can either check your dns/hosts setup or tcpdump the traffic when you try to login a machine. -- Joao Barros
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