[techtalk] ssh slow login

[Mark Foster]

Im going to pipe up, if only because I actually know the answer to this one!
;)

SSH is trying to do nslookups, id guess.  Check you have a valid /etc/hosts
/ c:\windows\hosts / c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file with entries
for both client and server.. that may solve it.

(Waves to Fenchurch, if shes about :) )

-.-. --.-
:-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Merrill" <david at lupercalia.net>
To: "TechTalk" <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 3:26 PM
Subject: [techtalk] ssh slow login


> I just set up a new alphaserver on my home network. It is running
> Debian testing.
>
> When I ssh into this box, it sometimes takes 20-30 seconds for the
> login prompt to come up. Does anyone know why it would take this long
> to display a login prompt over a LAN? The machine has almost no load
> on it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Dr. David C. Merrill                     http://www.lupercalia.net
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