Anno domini 2019 Mon, 11 Feb 15:17:16 +0100
 KatolaZ scripsit:
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:25:03AM +0100, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > Anno domini 2019 Mon, 11 Feb 10:51:09 +0100
> >  Didier Kryn scripsit:
> > > Le 10/02/2019 à 18:19, Arnt Karlsen a écrit :
> > > >>
> > > >> There's nothing in the logs. It just takes verry long to start.
> > > 
> > > 
> > >      Tried to set LogLevel in sshd_config?
> > > 
> > >      or launch sshd with the -d option ?
> > > 
> > > 
> > >              Didier
> > 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > The problem only exists if all of these conditions are met:
> > 
> > - kernel 4.19. from beowulf
> > - network up, but DNS of ISP not reacting in time or dhcpcd did not get a 
> > lease
> > - sshd_config has "UseDNS yes"
> > - first try to start sshd after boot
> > 
> > The problem is solved by "UseDNS no" in sshd_config.
> > 
> > Now that sshd uses DNS on first startup is quite surprising - at least it 
> > was for me.
> 
> 
> This is something you must have specified in your sshd_config, since
> the default for sshd is to *not* UseDNS. From `man sshd_config`:
> 
>      UseDNS  Specifies whether sshd(8) should look up the remote host name, 
> and to check that the resolved host name for the re‐
>                   mote IP address maps back to the very same IP address.
> 
>              If this option is set to no (the default) then only addresses 
> and not host names may be used in
>                         ~/.ssh/authorized_keys from and sshd_config Match 
> Host directives.
>                         
> So sshd is trying to make sure that the IP it is listening on actually
> maps back to the hostname. 
> 
> My2Cents
> 
> KatolaZ
> 

hi!

I have taken over the suggested sshd_config from the package. The line that was 
in sshd_config said:

# UseDNS no

But this line actually leads to sshd waiting for DNS (maybe) to become ready or 
timeout. I have not yet have time to figure out what sshd is waiting for.


Nik

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