Since the downgrade fixed your issue idk... but, what does your authorized_keys look like? Also, move or chmod 0 your config to make sure nothing funny is happening there.
"Stefan G. Weichinger" <li...@xunil.at> wrote: >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
