Lunch, I did not have that line in the nsswitch.conf file, I had already
checked.
And yes Chuck, I am still experiencing it (and I found another computer
that is also doing it, Cent OS 4.5, same version of OpenSSH)
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Logins to OpenSSH server slow due to UseDNS yes config
After reading more about UseDNS, the more pertinent issue is what is the
point of it at all if a false IP for the hostname is still accepted as a
valid connection.
Also, why is there no setting to make it timeout after a certain number
of seconds (aka, what if the DNS request didn't time out for
Public bug reported:
When logging in to my Ubuntu 8.04 Server edition server via SSH (client
PuTTY), logins take exactly 20 seconds from the time the username is
entered and the time the password request appears.
The problem is caused by the UseDNS yes config parameter. When it is
changed to
