[H-GEN] Is this a DNS configuration problem?

[Gavin Unsworth]

> The response to a ping of either <hostname> or <hostname>.<domainname>
> is (almost) instant in both cases.  From that I'd guess looking up
> <hostname> either doesn't fail, or ssh uses a different mechanism for
> name lookups.

Using strace might give you a pointer as to why it stalls.

$ strace ssh <hostname>

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Gavin Unsworth
Resident Technical Advisor
Internews Timor-Leste

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