Same here.. my first guess is a DNS server issue.. quick test is to 'mv /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.save' -- so no reverse lookup is even tried by sshd.. If you can login without delay - your issue is a DNS server not responding.
Scott Rohling On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Aria Bamdad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 08:19:16 -0600 Steve Mitchell said: > > > >The puzzle: Why did the SSH process fail? I'm not certain where to look > >for an explanation. I've checked the Velocity reports, VM was doing some > >paging during both of these times, could that have done it? CPU > >consumption was not excessive at approx 50%. Where else might I look? > > > > I have seen slow SSH response during the login and password prompt part > of the session that was caused by an incorrect or non-working DNS server > setup on the host. The delay was caused by a non working or invalid > primary > DNS server, then when the secondary DNS server was asked (after a timeout) > the SSH connection/prompt was presented. > > Aria. >
