From owner-ssh@clinet.fi Thu May 24 10:54:58 2001 Received: from smtp1.clinet.fi (smtp1.clinet.fi [194.100.2.57]) by hutcs.cs.hut.fi (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA15193 for ; Thu, 24 May 2001 10:54:58 +0300 (EET DST) Received: from mail.clinet.fi (mail.clinet.fi [194.100.0.7]) by smtp1.clinet.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88A5E20987; Thu, 24 May 2001 10:54:58 +0300 (EEST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by mail.clinet.fi (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA18944 for ssh-outgoing; Thu, 24 May 2001 10:36:44 +0300 Received: from cybercebu.com ([203.148.68.2]) by mail.clinet.fi (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA18934 for ; Thu, 24 May 2001 10:36:37 +0300 Received: from marlene.cybercebu.com (marlene.cybercebu.com [203.148.68.2]) by cybercebu.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f4O7aeL27645; Thu, 24 May 2001 15:36:54 +0800 Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 15:36:39 +0800 (PHT) From: "Julius C. Duque" To: Mark Grant Cc: ssh@clinet.fi Subject: Re: SSH is slow on solaris 2.6 In-Reply-To: <644348929@salmat.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-ssh@clinet.fi Precedence: bulk On Thu, 24 May 2001, Mark Grant wrote: > Hi, > > I have recently installed open ssh on a couple of solaris 2.6 boxes and I am > having a few problems. > > When you connect from a pc you get an instant response. > When you connect from another solaris box there is a long pause before you get > prompted for a login. > Does anybody know whats causing this ? I think it has something to do with the /dev/random not present on Solaris. I seem to have read about this somewhere, probably in another mailing list. > > Also, > > When I try to use scp it seems to connect to the other host prompt for the > password as expected and then I get the following error. > > ksh: scp: not found > lost connection scp is installed on /usr/local/bin by default but it seems that your default path does not include /usr/local/bin. The latest port of openssh does not have this problem. Are you sure you're using the latest ssh? -- Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. -- J.K. Galbraith