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I have been connecting to ssh but now it takes longer time to prompt for username and also password. Can any one tell what is the reason why it takes ...
  1. 10-26-2010 #1
    sanuu
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    [SOLVED] SSH delay prompting password

    I have been connecting to ssh but now it takes longer time to prompt for username and also password.
    Can any one tell what is the reason why it takes time?

    Thanks in Advance!
  2. 10-30-2010 #2
    slimg00dy
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    ssh is entirely dependant on your internet connection.

    How much time does it take?
    Is the server/desktop cpu usage 100% this could cause slowness.
  3. 10-30-2010 #3
    lomcevak
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    We had a similar problem but it was years ago so I might not get all the information correct. From what I remember apparently sshd gathers some of its entropy from various programs. One of them was the output from netstat. We had a problem with our DNS which was causing netstat to stall thus the long delay before the username/password prompts appeared.

    I suggest you try netstat at command line on the destination system and see if it stalls.
  4. 11-01-2010 #4
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    Yes it was DNS issue. I uncommented on sshd_config file with:
    useDNS no

    Problem solved!!
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