sshd login stalling

[Noah]

backyard wrote:
> --- Noah <admin2 at 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
>