I also had to edit nsswitch.conf This fix worked for me, i am now able to connect and the connection is much faster.
In /etc/nsswitch.conf, I replaced : hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 with hosts: files dns Note both the client and server are Ubuntu boxes connecting to an Active Directory server via Samba winbind Kerberos 5 authentication. I believe this has something to do with the problem. -- SSH with GSSAPIAuthentication option on SSH servers are very slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/84899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs