This is because of DNS resolution, and to test my theory Vi /etc/hosts And add the host in there you are ssh'ing from and this will get rid of it. But of course the proper thing to do is find out what is going on with DNS resolution. -----Original Message----- From: Hans du Plooy [mailto:hansdp@newingtoncs.co.za] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 4:32 AM To: suse-linux-e@lists.suse.com Subject: [SLE] Slow SSH login Hi all, We just replaced our office mail/file/web server (P-II running SUSE 9.0 Pro) with a faster machine. I loaded SUSE 9.1 Pro. Everything is working fine, except for one detail. When I ssh into it, there's a delay of about 6 seconds before I get a password prompt. The password prompt was instant on the older machine. I don't see anything in the config files, and the logs don't give me anything useful either: Aug 18 09:57:03 eos sshd[23798]: Accepted keyboard-interactive/pam for hansdp from ::ffff:192.168.16.25 port 60847 ssh2 Any ideas where to look? Thanks -- Kind regards Hans du Plooy Newington Consulting Services hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com