Long Delay When Logging In

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I have a CentOS 7 system and when I login with putty or SSH there is a long delay before I get the password prompt. I ran SSH -v and I found that it gets up to this:

debug1: ssh_ecdsa_verify: signature correct debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received

and then it sits there for 1-2 minutes and then this output blasts out:

debug1: Authentications that can continue:
publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password debug1: Next authentication method: gssapi-keyex debug1: No valid Key exchange context debug1: Next authentication method: gssapi-with-mic debug1: Unspecified GSS failure. Minor code may provide more information No Kerberos credentials available debug1: Unspecified GSS failure. Minor code may provide more information No Kerberos credentials available debug1: Unspecified GSS failure. Minor code may provide more information debug1: Unspecified GSS failure. Minor code may provide more information No Kerberos credentials available debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Trying private key: /home/motor/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Trying private key: /home/motor/.ssh/id_dsa debug1: Trying private key: /home/motor/.ssh/id_ecdsa debug1: Trying private key: /home/motor/.ssh/id_ed25519
debug1: Next authentication method: password

And then the password prompt comes out. This happens no matter which user is logging in. It only happens on the 1 system. I have 5 others where the proceeds without the delay.

There are no disk or memory or any other errors in the logs.

What could be causing it to delay like this?

5 thoughts on - Long Delay When Logging In

  • First thing I would check is that that system doesn’t have unaccessible DNS server listed in:

    /etc/resolv.conf

    (another thing, similarly DNS related: if you have caching name server on that box, check if that doesn’t cause delay the you see).

    Valeri

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    Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247
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  • This will certainly stop the long timeout, but I prefer telling people to fix their DNS. The long timeout is indicative of a DNS issue and turning off DNS for SSH is just masking the real problem. I prefer to leave DNS on for SSH as it’s a good indicator for me of when I have to fix something.

    Peter

  • It can also happen if the target has lost its internet connection, is air-gapped or otherwise legitimately offline. Your point is valid, though, if the Internet should be up.