[kwlug-disc] ssh takes 5 minutes to connect [SOLVED]

[Paul Nijjar]

On Thu, Aug 04, 2022 at 11:05:31AM -0700, Ronald Barnes wrote:
> Ronald Barnes wrote on 2022-07-24 02:34:
> 
> > Using scp to copy a 1kb file takes over 5 minutes on a 100Mbps link.
> > 
> > Used to work just fine, but ... I broke something?
> 
> Solved the ssh login taking 5 minutes, thanks to a power outage.
> 
> 
> When logging back in - no motd.
> 
> When investigating that, found that update-motd wasn't completing.
> 
> When investigating why, found /etc/update-motd.d/99-livepatch-kernel-upgrade
> runs /snap/bin/canonical...
> 
> And, I had snapd.service masked.  Took 5 minutes to time-out.
> 
> 
> systemctl umask snapd.service
> systemctl enable --now snapd.service
> 
> with "UsePAM yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
> 
> and login takes seconds again.

That is fascinating. Thanks for the follow-up.

- Paul

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