On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 09:30:48AM -0500, Bret Hughes wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 08:58, Anthony Metcalf wrote:
> > On 26 Aug 2004 08:49:58 -0500
> > Bret Hughes <bhughes@elevating.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Depending on the sshd server configuration The authentication delay
> > > may be caused by dns timeouts. Can the server do a reverse lookup on
> > > the ip address of the client machine?
> >
> > Well the server is the only linux box on a windows NT domain. The Domain controller runs the windows NT4 dns manager. The linux box has that as it's dns server. I'm connecting to the linux box by IP (as a server it's fixed).
> >
> > I would assume yes, but could easily be wrong.
>
> if the delay is around say, a minute or so. I would bet a dollar to a
> donut that there is a name resolution problem. can you log on tot the
> linux box with putty and do a
>
> dig -x ipaddressofclientbox?
What if the delay is about 3 seconds? I do experience this on my
computer. And I'm not using ssh/plink, I'm using https way. On my
Linux computer, which sits next to my Windows computer, the same
operation is performed immediately.
Any hints? :)
Regards,
--
Misha
Received on Thu Aug 26 16:35:15 2004