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Slow Remote Login on OpenSolaris

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Issue#

A delay is encountered when connecting to an OpenSolaris or Solaris 11 host via SSH before the login screen is presented.

Cause#

mdns is configured as a server lookup mechanism in:

/etc/nsswitch.conf

Resolution#

  1. Remove msdns from nsswitch.conf

  2. Enable svc:/network/dns/multicast:default

    svcadm enable svc:/network/dns/multicast:default

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