[Cialug] Excessive login delays

[Josh More]

Add the system you're logging in from to /etc/hosts.

If that speeds it up, you need to turn off DNS lookups in the sshd config
or use a local dns with reverse entries configured.

On Feb 21, 2017 8:56 AM, "L. V. Lammert" <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> Have a server misbehaving, .. OpenSuSE 13.2, .. upgraded from 11.2. Logins
> are really weird - sometimes it will login in 30-45 seconds, .. sometimes
> what seems to be minutes, .. sometimes never (locally, it will display the
> 'Last Login' banner, wait a while, and then back to a login prompt).
>
> Remote session attempt:
>
>
> debug2: input_userauth_pk_ok: fp
> 8a:8d:94:60:0b:04:a1:22:a1:9b:28:50:93:c1:4c:7c [MD5]
> debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).
> Authenticated to bud.sluug.org ([206.196.99.162]:2206).
> debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
> debug2: channel 0: send open
> debug1: Requesting no-more-sessions at openssh.com
> debug1: Entering interactive session.
>
> Disk space is OK, .. DNS set to 8.8.8.8, .. credentials do work
> eventually, sometimes. Any thoughts on other issues?
>
>         Lee
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