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
