slow "KVM Host" in EL6 ?

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Ben <bda20 at cam.ac.uk> said:
> It may be unconnected but I have a RHEL6 box which also occasionally has an 
> issue with slow SSH connection.  By that I mean you type "ssh rhel6host", 
> the password prompt comes up quickly, but after entering the password and 
> hitting return there's a palpable delay (sometimes) before the prompt 
> appears.  Not every time, but often.  Sometimes as long as four to five 
> seconds.

Are you using network authentication and sssd?  It is slow; you can get
a half-second or more delay on initgroups().

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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.