[OE-core] SSH Login Delay

[Jack Mitchell]

On 21/01/13 17:05, Scott Garman wrote:
> On 01/21/2013 07:21 AM, Jack Mitchell wrote:
>> I have recently noticed that when SSH'ing to my BeagleBone it has a 3-5
>> second delay before the bash prompt shows. I have looked in
>> /var/log/messages and noticed:
>>
>> Jan 18 15:47:12 beaglebone auth.info sshd[12389]: Accepted none for root
>> from 192.168.0.51 port 37905 ssh2
>> Jan 18 15:47:12 beaglebone auth.info sshd[12399]: lastlog_openseek:
>> Couldn't stat /var/log/lastlog: No such file or directory
>> Jan 18 15:47:12 beaglebone auth.info sshd[12399]: lastlog_openseek:
>> Couldn't stat /var/log/lastlog: No such file or directory
>>
>> I was wondering if these stat commands had a timeout on them and
>> therefore causing the delay. If so, why do these logs not exist?
>>
>> I have also noticed that avahi has crept into my image recently and if
>> it was possibly something to do with dns resolution or similar?
>
> In my experience this is most likely due to DNS resolution timing out 
> trying to resolve a LAN IP address.
>
> Try editing the sshd_config on your BeagleBone's filesystem and set 
> UseDNS to no. See if that helps.
>
> Scott
>

Perfect, fixed it straight away, thanks!

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