Slow ssh connectivity with Ubuntu

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As a workaround, disable ''GSSAPIAuthentication'' in the client-side configuration.
As a workaround, disable ''GSSAPIAuthentication'' in the client-side configuration.
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* ''/etc/ssh/ssh_config'' for all users, or
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* ''/etc/ssh/ssh_config'' is the ssh client-side configuration file for all users.
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* ''~/.ssh/config'' for only your account.
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* ''~/.ssh/config'' is the per-user ssh client-side configuration file.
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e.g., modifying ''/etc/ssh/ssh_config''
$ '''sudo perl -p -i.$(date +%Y%m%d) -e '/^#/ or s/GSSAPIAuthentication yes/GSSAPIAuthentication no/' /etc/ssh/ssh_config'''
$ '''sudo perl -p -i.$(date +%Y%m%d) -e '/^#/ or s/GSSAPIAuthentication yes/GSSAPIAuthentication no/' /etc/ssh/ssh_config'''

Revision as of 20:07, 5 February 2008

On my Ubuntu 7.10 system, connecting to certain hosts using ssh takes approximately 15 seconds. The culprit appears to be "Unspecified GSS failures" using GSSAPIAuthentication. 

$ ssh -v host
...
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password,hostbased
debug1: Next authentication method: gssapi-with-mic
debug1: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more information
No credentials cache found 

debug1: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more information
No credentials cache found 

debug1: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more information
...

As a workaround, disable GSSAPIAuthentication in the client-side configuration.

  • /etc/ssh/ssh_config is the ssh client-side configuration file for all users.
  • ~/.ssh/config is the per-user ssh client-side configuration file.

e.g., modifying /etc/ssh/ssh_config 

$ sudo perl -p -i.$(date +%Y%m%d) -e '/^#/ or s/GSSAPIAuthentication yes/GSSAPIAuthentication no/' /etc/ssh/ssh_config
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