> > On 9/5/2012 4:47 PM, Maglinger, Paul wrote: > > Anyone? > > > > > > Running CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 1.7.16(0.262/5/3) on Windows 2008R2 box. > > > > When using SSH to come in through UNIX, we'd like to use public key > > authentication. The problem is that when we do it can take up to 5 minutes > > to even pull down a directory listing on a Windows share using ls -l from > > the Cygwin terminal. If we do without the key and enter the password > > manually, things speed up vastly, but we want to authenticate automatically > > and would prefer to use a key. I believe I understand why it's happening, > > but I'm having trouble figuring how to work around this. The goal is to have > > Unix kick off a Perl script residing on the Windows server, which will > > process files located on a CIFS share on a storage appliance. The Perl > > script is using UNC to access the shared directories. I've even tried > > various ways to mount the directories using fstab and that's not helping > > either. I've only been working with Cygwin for less than a month and would > > appreciate some insight. > > I've read through your summary above at least twice now but I'm still > having trouble grokking the details of what you're doing. Judging by the > lack of other responses, I'm guessing others are similarly stymied. > Perhaps you should back up and read the problem reporting guidelines > found at the link below: > > > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > Details are important. Some pieces of information that may prove useful > include: > > 1. Does sshing to the same server (presumably running Cygwin's sshd) > from that or other Cygwin machine exhibit the same problem? > > 2. How big is the directory you're running 'ls -l' on? Do the results > change if you instead use just '"ls"'? > > 3. Who's the storage appliance's vendor? Who has permissions to access > it? Keep in mind that public key authentication that's configured > for you by default doesn't allow unfettered access to network shares. > See <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-setuid-overview> > for a detailed description of the authentication options and > restrictions. > > > -- > Larry >
Thanks for the reply. I'm new to Cygwin and this list and wasn't sure what details I needed to include. Let me gather some information and I'll get back with you. -Paul -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
