[plug] [SOLVED] Problems with SSH delays on Kubuntu Feisty

Tim Bowden tim.bowden at westnet.com.au
Mon Jul 16 17:33:52 WST 2007


On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 17:13 +0800, Lance Duivenbode wrote:

<snip>
> Alas, no dice. The real culprit was the /etc/ssh/ssh_config file (which 
> specifies ssh client config for those not in the know) which contained 
> the following lines:
> 
>     GSSAPIAuthentication yes
>     GSSAPIDelegateCredentials no
> 
> Commenting these lines out made the problem disappear as it prevented an 
> apparent attempted kerberos lookup, which was in turn requesting a 
> reverse DNS lookup.
> 
> Hope this saves someone else a headache!
> 

Well, maybe not a headache, but thanks for the tip.  It's answered a
question I've had for a while but haven't looked into yet.

Regards,
Tim Bowden




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