> -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On > Behalf Of Dave Steenburgh > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:45 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Connecting to cygwin ssh is slow > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:05 AM, UdiK <u...@commtouch.com> wrote: > > When I connect to our cygwin SSH machine (Windows 2003 server), it > usually > > takes more than 5 seconds to get a prompt and be able to start > working. This > > delay slows down many of our scripts which rely on SSH to connect to > > Windows. > > > > What causes this delay? What is SSH doing that is taking it so long? > I don't > > have any anti-virus running on that machine. If anybody has any > explanations > > I really appreciate the help. > > Connect, then immediately logoff and connect again. Does the second > connect have the same pause? If not, then I suspect the delay is your > hard drive. If you connect infrequently, then when you do connect, > it's likely that the necessary processes (or parts of them) will have > to be retrieved from the page file, and any configuration files will > probably have to be loaded from the hard drive. If you connect > frequently, I think there's a way to make the ssh connection > persistent---you might avoid the delay that way, or lessen it. I > don't know how to set that up, though. > > I also experience a delay when I make the first connection, but > subsequent connections are pretty snappy. Most of the time I don't > need subsequent connections, but I do have a script that makes two > connections. If this isn't the answer, then I'd like to know what is, > so I can improve that first connection time.
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