Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:39:06 -0700 From: Noah <admin2@enabled.com> To: backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sshd login stalling Message-ID: <44FDC44A.8030904@enabled.com> In-Reply-To: <20060905182805.56778.qmail@web83107.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060905182805.56778.qmail@web83107.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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backyard wrote: > --- Noah <admin2@enabled.com> wrote: > > >> Okay I cant seem to figure out why sshd logins are >> stalling. I see that >> I am coming from an IP address that does not have >> Reverse mapping. >> >> So I added the lines below to >> /usr/local/etc/ssh/sshd_config >> and /etc/ssh is sym linked to /usr/local/etc/ssh >> >> --- snip --- >> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 18 Sep 4 23:01 ssh >> -> /usr/local/etc/ssh >> >> UseDNS no >> VerifyReverseMapping no >> >> ---- snip --- >> >> >> cheers, >> >> Noah >> > > > just a thought but if /etc/ssh is linked to > /usr/local/etc/ssh wouldn't that just cause troubles > from the ghetco? My understanding is /usr/local/etc is > for local specific configurations so that a site > specific configuration in /etc can be loaded and > appended by the stuff in /usr/local/etc. Wouldn't > symlinking one to the other force the same config > files to be loaded twice??? And if so wouldn't that > possibly confuse the daemon? Maybe I'm not entirely > clear on how all that works myself. but my > understanding is /etc is read first and then appended > by /usr/local/etc. Although I can see how this would > allow NFS to be used on diskless clients using generic > /etc while allowing system specific configurations to > be stored elsewhere and linked in as needed. I am just > under the impression that /usr/local/etc is not for > this purpose. of course I'm not the brightest tool in > the shed... > Well currently if I am coming from an IP address the has reverse mapping then things work fine there is no stalling whatsoever. When I removed the sym link between /etc/ssh and /usr/local/etc/ssh things work fine now. these is still stalling experienced when coming from an machine with a non-reverse mapped IP. other clues? cheers, Noah > > -brian >
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