HI,

i have 3 linux servers on same network, having ip/names

s1 192.168.10.3
s2 192.168.10.4
s3 192.168.10.7

when i try to ssh from s1 to s3 it take 30sec (delay) prompting for password, whereas when i ssh from s2 to s3 it response me within 5 sec.
this is happening from last 2 months.

i can ssh from s1 to s2 without any delay.


Any idea why it takes a lot of time when ssh from s1 to s3 ?

thanks.

Two things to look at are the UseDNS setting in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. Also check if one server has IP v6 enabled.

Also look at any differences when logging in with "ssh -v" or even "ssh -vv" to increase the verbosity. Is one method being tried for one server but not the other.

Are these two servers on the LAN or across the internet?

Consider using public key authentication if SSH is exposed to the internet. You can protect the private keys (on the client) with a passphrase and then use:
eval $(ssh-agent)
ssh-add

to be able to log in to your servers, after entering the pass phrase once.

To expand on this, if you find that DNS lookups are the cause of the slowdown, I'd recommend correcting your /etc/resolv.conf entries on the offending server (rather than turning off UseDNS).

Gr8 work, i just added host entry in /etc/hosts
thanks a lot.