slow "KVM Host" in EL6 ?

[Ben]

On Fri, 13 May 2011, Chris Adams wrote:

> 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().

Nope, just plain old local authentication.  100% vanilla RHEL6 install on 
that front.

Ben
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