Fix for SSH slow to ask for password in Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
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Solution 1
Edit the /etc/ssh/ssh_config file using the following command
sudo vi /etc/ssh/ssh_config
Commentout the following lines
GSSAPIAuthentication yes
GSSAPIDelegateCredentials no
save the file and exit
Solution 2
If you got to System>Administration>Network
Now you should see similar to following screen here click the "General" tab
You need to Uncheck the option that says "Scan for available services and advertise . . ." and close
Now you can try to login using ssh you should see it will prompt for password immediately
Thanks for the tip! I was wondering what was causing this. I went with Solution #2.
Are the two solutions doing the same thing? Should I follow both of them for additional security?
both will do the same you can use any one soulution
Thanks for that tip.. The slowness was driving me nuts!
Sorry. None of the two medications did solve the problem on neither of my two computers.
Yeah, this didn’t work for me either. I still have to wait 10-15 seconds for it to ask for a password. This is on my local network behind my firewall.
I finally got this fixed with a slightly different approach.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/9146
Added that config to the client and all is good now.
You can also speed it up with a UseDNS no in sshd_config. (OpenSSH FAQ)
or you can add the remote ip and host to your hosts (/etc/hosts) file.
Just give it a name u want if u cant resolve the host name of the ip.
Thanks for the helpful information.