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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 10:57:47 -0400
From: Michael Galloway <mgx@ornl.gov>
To: Mark Grant <mark.grant@salmat.com.au>
Cc: ssh@clinet.fi
Subject: Re: SSH is slow on solaris 2.6
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Hi Mark!

i had a very similar problem on solaris 8. if you do a ssh -v -v -v hostname
you should be able to see where ssh is hanging. my problem was ssh was using
netstat, arp, ls, etc. to generate entropy (/dev/random was not installed). 

i found a /dev/random for solaris 8, installed it, told ssh to use it for
entropy and all is well.

-- michael

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 ?
> 
> 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
> 
> Any ideas ?
> 
> 
> 
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