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Date:      Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:13:18 +1300
From:      Nigel Wohlers <freebsd@eyede.com>
To:        Fabian Anklam <greatnorthern@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sshd_config / failed authentication
Message-ID:  <41F9ADCE.4080705@eyede.com>
In-Reply-To: <467b1e7a05012719057f9b7a30@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <467b1e7a050127172176b829f4@mail.gmail.com> <467b1e7a05012719057f9b7a30@mail.gmail.com>

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Fabian Anklam wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:21:08 +0100, Fabian Anklam
> <greatnorthern@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Dear all,
>>
>>could someone be so kind to point out to me which settings in
>>sshd_config have to be changed to allow login from an ssh client
>>without getting "authentication failed" messages on the console and a
>>timeout on the guest machine.
>>
>>My client, putty in this case display the login: dialog, but after
>>entering the username hangs without ever displaying the password:
>>dialog
>>
>>My FreeBSD5.3 Release box ps -aux reveals:
>>
>>root    722  0.0  0.7  3360 2812  ??  Is   12:12AM   0:00.01 sshd
>>root    755  0.0  0.8  4720 2920  ??  Is   12:29AM   0:00.05 sshd:
>>[accepted] (sshd)
>>sshd    756  0.0  0.8  4792 2936  ??  S    12:29AM   0:00.18 sshd: [net] (sshd)
>>root    760  0.0  0.1   348  232  v0  R+   12:29AM   0:00.00 grep sshd
>>
>>and then, after about a minute:
>>
>>root    722  0.0  0.7  3360 2812  ??  Is   12:12AM   0:00.01 sshd
>>root    755  0.0  0.8  4912 3072  ??  Ss   12:29AM   0:00.06 sshd: fan
>>[priv] (sshd)
>>sshd    756  0.0  0.8  4768 2940  ??  S    12:29AM   0:00.18 sshd: fan [net] (sshd)
>>root    835  0.0  0.1   348  232  v0  R+   12:30AM   0:00.00 grep sshd
>>
>>and then, after about a minute again:
>>
>>[...] sshd[755}: fatal: Timeout before authentication for  192.168.0.10
>>
>>I did man sshd_config and changed some settings despite not
>>understanding one word but to no avail so i restored the original.
>>
>>I tried to consult the handbook, also to no avail.
>>
>>Help needed and appreciated,
>>
>>Fabian
>>
> 
> 
> Just a short followup:
> 
> ssh localhost from ttyv connects and I reach a ttyp
> ssh "NIC IP" from ttyv yields a timeout like a remote connection


Reverse DNS lookup timeout?

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