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RE: openssh sshd slow login


I will try that.

Bret

At 09:09 AM 6/7/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Interesting...
>
>I just re-installed Cygwin (I had deleted C:\Cygwin, all Cygwin-related
>reg keys) and installed the full-blown package.  This time, here are the
>only modifications I made:
>1. ssh-host-config -y
>2. chown 544 /etc/*
>3. chown system.system /etc/ssh_host*_key
>4. ssh-user-config -y -p ''
>5. Edited /etc/sshd_config to allow password auth.
>6. echo Hello>/etc/motd
>7. Edited /etc/profile to include "date" at the top.
>8. chmod og-w ~/.ssh
>9. ssh localhost
>
>I was instantly shown the motd ("Hello"), the date was displayed, then I
>was given a prompt.
>
>The _ONLY_ other change I made was in the Network Identification set up
>for this Win2k SP1 Server which is a DNS server and _its_ defined DNS
>server.  I added my domain name to the "Primary DNS suffix of this
>computer".
>
>So, after not having that long login time, I decided to configure my
>/etc/profile (adding alias, customizing PS1, setting up a .input file to
>ignore case on tab completion), modify the /etc/passwd (make usernames
>lowercase, delete un-needed accounts) and /etc/group (make groups
>lowercase, delete un-needed accounts) and run my script that changes
>permissions on all of the files (removes og's write permissions, makes
>544.544 owner of everything, then makes each user owner of his/her home
>directory in /home).
>
>I've rebooted several times and the problem does not seem to reappear.
>
>Conclusion: it might have been a name resolution problem. By adding my
>domain name to "Primary DNS suffix of this computer", cygwin/sshd/bash
>was able to more quickly figure out it's own name (and/or the name of
>the connecting machine).
>
>-ME
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com
>[mailto:cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com] On Behalf Of Michael Erdely
>Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 8:29 AM
>To: cygwin@cygwin.com
>Subject: RE: openssh sshd slow login
>
>
>Not for me.
>
>Path=C:\Perl\bin\;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem;C:\C
>ygwin\bin
>
>I'm re-installing right now.  I can provide a cygcheck if you'd like.
>
>BTW: The C:\Perl is ActiveState's ActivePerl.
>
>-ME
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com
>[mailto:cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com] On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen
>Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 8:26 AM
>To: cygwin@cygwin.com
>Subject: Re: openssh sshd slow login
>
>
>
>That's not by chance related to having net shares in $PATH or
>something similar, perhaps?
>
>Corinna
>
>On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 07:14:17AM -0400, Michael Erdely wrote:
> > Hi...
> >
> > I've experienced the same problem.
> >
> > I put a line in my /etc/profile at the time outputting the date (so I
> > can tell when the /etc/profile starts getting processed.
> >
> > When using ssh -v -v -v in conjunction with sshd -d -d -d using both
> > password and rsa authentication, I notice that during this wait
>period,
> > there is no activity on the server or the client.  This happens when
> > connecting from localhost and from another machine on the local
>segment.
> >
> > The /var/log/sshd.log file is empty as well.
> >
> > As a test, I set up inetd for using telnetd.  Telnetd has the _exact_
> > behavior.
> >
> > To make sure that I didn't do anything wrong with my Cygwin
> > installation, I re-installed from scratch without improvement.
> >
> > I can post the output of ssh -v -v -v & sshd -d -d -d if anyone would
> > find that helpful.
> >
> > -ME
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com] On Behalf Of Karl M
> > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 1:15 AM
> > To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > Subject: openssh sshd slow login
> >
> >
> > Hi All...
> >
> > I just installed cygwin on a new win2kpro-sp2 box. The installation
>went
> >
> > much like all the others I have done, but...
> >
> > When I ssh into this box, it takes almost a minute for the "login" to
> > complete after the authentication. I get the last login banner and
>then
> > I
> > wait a long time. Has anyone else seen this? Am I missing something
> > obvious
> > (I hope) before I have to debug this? Any thoughts or suggestions
> > welcome?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > ...Karl
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