ssh timeout before authenication

[David Richards]

On 16 Jan 2006, at 11:20, tomasz dereszynski wrote:

> Witaj David,
>
> W Twoim li=C5=9Bcie datowanym 16 stycznia 2006 (11:03:53) mo=C5=BCna =20=

> przeczyta=C4=87:
>
> DR> hi
> DR>       I am having some trouble with ssh. Well ssh and cvs. For =20
> some
> DR> reason, ssh stop authenicating every now and then. When it does it
> DR> reports in the logs "timeout before authenication  ".
> DR> Now dns is working fine. I have to connect to a windows server for
> DR> this. There is no firewall on this machine but there is one on the
> DR> network. I am quite puzzled with this one.
> DR> Should i put all the hosts of the machines connecting to ssh on =20=

> this
> DR> server in to /etc/hosts?
>
> DR> The server is running running 5.4-stable  is there anything i =20
> can do
> DR> to stop this
> DR> --
>
> haw long you wait for connection from host?
> try connect using IP not name
>
> --=20
> bEsT rEgArDs,
> tomasz dereszynski
> gg 2262877
> TD840-RIPE
>
> Nie mo=C5=BCna zrozumie=C4=87 cz=C5=82owieka bez Chrystusa. Jan Pawe=C5=82=
 II
>
At the moment all the users connect by putting the host name. I will =20
ask some to try via ip and see what happens.


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David Richards