> the workaround doesn't have to be to have a reverse mapping for > the client IP address but to set it up so that you get an immediate > response from the system that there is not such reverse, without a > delay.
And I presume that this is what is done when adding the IP-address and name in the /etc/inet/hosts and /etc/inet/ipnodes files (I assume that the entries "ipnodes: files dns" and "hosts: files dns" are present in /etc/nsswitch.conf file). However, this is not optimal over a local network using DHCP negotiation. So, the other way you suggested would be to get rid of the timeout. I found out that nslookup is actually a wrapper for dig and that the configuration for name resolution could be found in the /etc/resolve.conf. So I guess at least 5 seconds would be reasonable to wait for the DNS to respond so my bet is that the line: options timeout:5 would get rid of the excess time spent on waiting during the reverse lookup being done during ssh negotiation. Thanks again for your responses! It feels good to know that this is actually an issue that is being worked on and not just a "noob" issue. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
