Re: Connecting to cygwin ssh is slow

Well, I'm still stuck. I tried to change UseDNS to 'no', but editing the sshd_config file was impossible. The file is owned by cyg_server and even the Administrator user can't write to it. I tried to change the file permissions and ssh crashed and the service wouldn't start. I changed the settings

Re: Connecting to cygwin ssh is slow

Thanks for both of your ideas and quick reply. I tried your suggestions but that still doesn't improve the situation... I experience the same delays no matter how frequent I log in and out, and I always use the IP address anyways. Anything else we can try? Thanks. Udi. -- View this message in c

Connecting to cygwin ssh is slow

Hi. When I connect to our cygwin SSH machine (Windows 2003 server), it usually takes more than 5 seconds to get a prompt and be able to start working. This delay slows down many of our scripts which rely on SSH to connect to Windows. What causes this delay? What is SSH doing that is taking it so