ssh too slow in responding after login?

Hi there,

I have a suse 9.1 professional box and when I ssh -l root
from remote it takes quite a long, about 1min until it responds.
I can then login fine.

Any clues as to where should look for the delay-problem?


Many thanks in advance!

Gugi wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a suse 9.1 professional box and when I ssh -l root
> from remote it takes quite a long, about 1min until it responds.
> I can then login fine.

Why are you using ssh protocol 1, is there any reason for it? Just try
using "ssh root" and ssh will automatically negotiate the appropriate
version.

Eric

Gugi wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a suse 9.1 professional box and when I ssh -l root
> from remote it takes quite a long, about 1min until it responds.
> I can then login fine.

Did you try to login on the localhost with the same command (ssh
root@localhost)? Do you experience the same problem?

If not, ssh is probably not the cause. Is there a firewall between the
remote host and the ssh server?

Eric

Gugi wrote:

> ssh -l root

Reverse lookup of hostname might be the issue. Check your sshd config file.
Also, consider disabling remote root access. Log in as a user that has
permissions to "su -" over to root. Additionally, you can setup 'sudo' for
execution of root only commands.

GL!

Eric Teuber schrieb:
>> I have a suse 9.1 professional box and when I ssh -l root
>> from remote it takes quite a long, about 1min until it responds.
>> I can then login fine.
>
> Did you try to login on the localhost with the same command (ssh
> root@localhost)? Do you experience the same problem?
>
> If not, ssh is probably not the cause. Is there a firewall between the
> remote host and the ssh server?
>
> Eric

Thanks, Eric!

This one did the trick. I have logged to localhost and added
the localhost to the list of known hosts. ssh -l root from remote
now works instantly.

Cheers,
Bob