From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 932C41381F3 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:47:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 88480E0B14; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:47:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.o2.co.uk (jabba.london.02.net [82.132.130.169]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 523A4E0AF2 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:47:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx01.emerl.co.uk (94.195.39.92) by mail.o2.co.uk (8.5.140.03) (authenticated as joenyland) id 5238968A00349D58 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:47:16 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx01.emerl.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCCC71414F4 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:47:15 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at Server1.merlin.local Received: from mx01.emerl.co.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Server1.merlin.local [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wJvGVrks-qRV for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:47:12 +0100 (BST) Received: from joes-imac.merlin.local (94-195-39-92.zone9.bethere.co.uk [94.195.39.92]) by mx01.emerl.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 736391414F1 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:47:12 +0100 (BST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ssh hanging ... why? From: Joe Nyland In-Reply-To: <523978AC.3020302@xunil.at> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:47:12 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <3F839DBD-DBF4-41D2-A187-F47A9855207E@joenyland.co.uk> References: <523977FD.6060704@xunil.at> <523978AC.3020302@xunil.at> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) X-Archives-Salt: 39e04962-aecf-4d89-a11a-c44e189bb771 X-Archives-Hash: f93b5673861a3f93771167057ee53077 On 18 Sep 2013, at 10:55, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 18.09.2013 11:53, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: >=20 >> Rebuilt openssh already. >>=20 >> Maybe I should downgrade for testing ... >>=20 >> The problematic box: net-misc/openssh-6.2_p2-r4 >> The working box: net-misc/openssh-5.9_p1-r4 >=20 > Yep. Downgrading works for me. >=20 >=20 Not sure why a downgraded openssh would improve things for you if this = is the issue, however I faced the same issue as yourself and it was = caused by mDNS trying to do a reverse lookup on the host connecting in = to the affected server, ultimately causing the SSH connection to hang. Check that the order of sources on the hosts line of you = /etc/nsswitch.conf[1] file on the server that you are having issues = _connecting to_, not the desktop that you're connecting from. Mine is: `hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal mdns4` Note `dns` is before `mdns4`. [1] http://linux.die.net/man/5/nsswitch.conf Joe=