Re: SSH login very slow

From: LucM (lucm_at_iqato.moc)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:02:03 -0400

GVK wrote:
> Hello all,
> I'm a newbee system administrator to an intranet server running
> sshd, httpd and mysql server. SSH login to this server is slooooooow.
> It takes upto 1 minute to login after entering the password. Same
> problem when logging in with my private/public key.
> Server runs on Fedora Core 2 - complete install. Is is something
> concerned to the network itself or something to do with my sshd_config?
>
> Here's my /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
>
> ------------------------------------------
> SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV
> X11Forwarding no
> Compression no
> Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server
> --------------------------------------------
>
> Rest of the lines are commented. Now, I'm still a bit scared to play
> around with ssh, as many users are connected to the server at any time,
> including a couple of professors :-(
>
> What could be the possible problem?
>
> regards,
> GVK

Do you access the server directly (same subnet), or via a
router/proxy/firewall? SSH can be quite sluggish behind a proxy. 

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