Re: [SLE] Slow SSH login [solved]

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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:32:21 -0500
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Hans wrote regarding 'Re: [SLE] Slow SSH login [solved]' on Thu, Aug 19 at 03:11:
> On Wednesday 18 August 2004 21:59, Danny Sauer wrote:
> > Perhaps the server has updated to a newer version that does a double lookup
> > on the connecting machine, while the old version only looked up the IP, and
> > the additional forward lookup is not responding at all / as quickly as it
> > should?
>
> That sounds possible, except that I have tested this with three different SUSE
> 9.1 Pro machines, all running the same versions of everything, all having
> exact same (default) config, and it's only the one box that does this.
>
> That's why I'm wondering if there isn't anything else (like some obscure
> network issue) that's playing up. I just don't know where to look. I have
> checked my network settings, and all appears fine.

Do all of the hosts have proper forward and reverse DNS entries? If the
machines are all identically configured, then it's obviously something
else. :)

You might also check your known_hosts and authorized_keys to make sure there
isn't some key that's being tried first. Maybe even stick a -v or two on
your ssh command to see what exactly's going on from the client side.

--Danny

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