Re: [gentoo-user] ssh hanging ... why?

["Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@xunil.at>]

Am 18.09.2013 19:47, schrieb Joe Nyland:
> 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

Thanks for your feedback.

The server doesn't have mdns in there, just:

hosts:	files dns

(which hasn't been changed in years, I am quite sure).

So you suggest that the contacted server wants to know which FQDN the
contacting IP points to?

Stefan