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RE: FW: File access slow with using key authentication.
>
> On 9/5/2012 4:47 PM, Maglinger, Paul wrote:
> > Anyone?
> >
> >
> > Running CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 1.7.16(0.262/5/3) on Windows 2008R2 box.
> >
> > When using SSH to come in through UNIX, we'd like to use public key
> > authentication. The problem is that when we do it can take up to 5 minutes
> > to even pull down a directory listing on a Windows share using ls -l from
> > the Cygwin terminal. If we do without the key and enter the password
> > manually, things speed up vastly, but we want to authenticate automatically
> > and would prefer to use a key. I believe I understand why it's happening,
> > but I'm having trouble figuring how to work around this. The goal is to have
> > Unix kick off a Perl script residing on the Windows server, which will
> > process files located on a CIFS share on a storage appliance. The Perl
> > script is using UNC to access the shared directories. I've even tried
> > various ways to mount the directories using fstab and that's not helping
> > either. I've only been working with Cygwin for less than a month and would
> > appreciate some insight.
>
> I've read through your summary above at least twice now but I'm still
> having trouble grokking the details of what you're doing. Judging by the
> lack of other responses, I'm guessing others are similarly stymied.
> Perhaps you should back up and read the problem reporting guidelines
> found at the link below:
>
> > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>
> Details are important. Some pieces of information that may prove useful
> include:
>
> 1. Does sshing to the same server (presumably running Cygwin's sshd)
> from that or other Cygwin machine exhibit the same problem?
>
> 2. How big is the directory you're running 'ls -l' on? Do the results
> change if you instead use just '"ls"'?
>
> 3. Who's the storage appliance's vendor? Who has permissions to access
> it? Keep in mind that public key authentication that's configured
> for you by default doesn't allow unfettered access to network shares.
> See <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-setuid-overview>
> for a detailed description of the authentication options and
> restrictions.
>
>
> --
> Larry
>
Thanks for the reply. I'm new to Cygwin and this list and wasn't sure what details I needed to include. Let me gather some information and I'll get back with you.
-Paul
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