[TriLUG] sshd

[Mike McLean]

I've had this problem.  Making entries for each machine in /etc/hosts
solved it for me.

Nathan Conrad wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've recently installed Debian on my older computers, a 175 MHz Pentium
> (named Nort, now with 24 MB of RAM (although it was installed with 12)). I
> set it to have a static IP address: 192.168.0.7. The networking works, it
> can ping to 192.168.0.2 (my other computer, Max) quite nicely. The problem
> is that when I connect to it from a remote computer it takes about 12
> seconds for it to ask me for my password. Nort can can can connect to Max
> without this delay.
> 
> Why would this be happening? Slow computer? Misconfigured sshd? I am
> impatient?
> 
> Both computers run Debian. Max is a Macintosh G4 400.
> 
> A transcript of a ssh log follows:
> 
> # ssh -vX conrad at 192.168.0.7
> OpenSSH_3.0.1p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090602f
> debug1: Reading configuration data /home/conrad/.ssh/config
> debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
> debug1: Seeding random number generator
> debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be
> trusted.
> debug1: restore_uid
> debug1: ssh_connect: getuid 1000 geteuid 0 anon 1
> debug1: Connecting to 192.168.0.7 [192.168.0.7] port 22.
> debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 1000/1000 (e=0)
> debug1: restore_uid
> debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 1000/1000 (e=0)
> debug1: restore_uid
> debug1: Connection established.
> debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA
> debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
> debug1: identity file /home/conrad/.ssh/identity type 0
> debug1: identity file /home/conrad/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
> debug1: identity file /home/conrad/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
> 
> <6 second pause>
> 
> debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version
> OpenSSH_3.0.1p1
> debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.0.1p1 pat ^OpenSSH
> Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
> debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.0.1p1
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
> debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 zlib
> debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 zlib
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST sent
> debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
> debug1: dh_gen_key: priv key bits set: 134/256
> debug1: bits set: 1578/3191
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
> debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
> debug1: Host '192.168.0.7' is known and matches the RSA host key.
> debug1: Found key in /home/conrad/.ssh/known_hosts:11
> debug1: bits set: 1584/3191
> debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
> debug1: kex_derive_keys
> debug1: newkeys: mode 1
> debug1: Enabling compression at level 6.
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
> debug1: waiting for SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
> debug1: newkeys: mode 0
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
> debug1: done: ssh_kex2.
> debug1: send SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST
> debug1: service_accept: ssh-userauth
> debug1: got SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT
> 
> <~5 second pause>
> 
> debug1: authentications that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive
> debug1: next auth method to try is publickey
> debug1: try privkey: /home/conrad/.ssh/id_rsa
> debug1: try pubkey: /home/conrad/.ssh/id_dsa
> debug1: authentications that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive
> debug1: next auth method to try is keyboard-interactive
> Password:
> 
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