Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:21:27 -0500 From: Jason Stewart <jstewart@rtl.org> To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to Setup Reverse DNS on LAN? Message-ID: <20031209142127.GD2730@rtl.org> In-Reply-To: <025101c3be5b$66080990$0301a8c0@bigdaddy> References: <025101c3be5b$66080990$0301a8c0@bigdaddy>
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On 09/12/03 05:50 -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > When connecting via ssh to my FBSD boxes, it takes over a minute before the > connection is established. Searching the archives suggests that this is due > to a failed reverse DNS lookup that must time out before connecting. > Suggestions include adding the hosts to the local host file which I've done. > However this does not seem to provide reverse DNS resolution which appears > required. <snip> > Short of setting up named, is there a way to solve my problem? Are you using privilege separation? If you are, the ssh daemon is not looking for hosts in /etc. It will be looking somewhere else for the /etc/hosts file. Are you using sshd from the base? Jason
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