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 6B58D1381F3 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:51:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 53DC6E0B7E; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:50:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from postler.lichtfels.com (postler.lichtfels.com [78.46.92.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31D66E0B14 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:50:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by postler.lichtfels.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC819125A6 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:50:53 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=xunil.at; s=mailout; t=1379526653; bh=HCDLZVNQMdrJQIkb9/JbVb6QB0T9/QA496Ce6C6euA0=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=0iyoS3VIXYYVkXi69vMI8Vx8CH4g8tiggjBs6zO8XbUdn/9NJwyfnwt3A9RpAp8Vi A1S9OlV8oZkq0en9Zk6tF4n2gUNXPO8nKg9QuHX72cZnHRKBoR86NO913XIWEJCVAm wTTYfxHs0zoJguReRBS1l2/ld1B3hpK6d7QIW3PM= Received: from postler.lichtfels.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (postler.lichtfels.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with LMTP id 05992-08 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:50:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hiro.oops.intern (mail.oops.co.at [213.129.238.225]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by postler.lichtfels.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 08B85123E2 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:50:51 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=xunil.at; s=mailout; t=1379526652; bh=HCDLZVNQMdrJQIkb9/JbVb6QB0T9/QA496Ce6C6euA0=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=xDdcHh+flsu1e1pS6c46GPIb8mCI/fuQu7IGD4zs13uRhppnpf9a0LI4WCoHnMa0p G5xDf/FNz0g4fGwCJCxlzUkYPJlsjP+1K9/BG/T/vWf5QrKIh+1gezNs1efLXL0lpT Y95dj1KSnfNegi3fvIjBZRiYxE4J9gyZI33vY19Q= Message-ID: <5239E7FB.2060401@xunil.at> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:50:51 +0200 From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" Organization: oops! User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130807 Thunderbird/17.0.8 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ssh hanging ... why? References: <523977FD.6060704@xunil.at> <523978AC.3020302@xunil.at> <3F839DBD-DBF4-41D2-A187-F47A9855207E@joenyland.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3F839DBD-DBF4-41D2-A187-F47A9855207E@joenyland.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.2c X-Archives-Salt: 5d2cd2a0-b23b-4747-a761-ea358595c6cb X-Archives-Hash: 2348542e3b35226f6c85996e72bf9b9b 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