ssh and sftp connects intermittently

jeffunit jeff@jeffunit.com
Wed Sep 2 19:29:00 GMT 2009


I use ssh from a dos box on windows to connect to other machines,
It works fine right after I log into windows. After a while, it 
doesn't work reliably.

I type something like 'sftp example.com
I get a response 'Connecting to example.com...'
About 1 time in 10, I get the next line which is 'Password:'

This problem has been going on for at least a year, and is not specific to a
specific release of cygwin. The site 'example.com' is pingable, and all other
internet access works reliably. I would like to help debug this problem in any
way I can, to help resolve it.

Any ideas?

thanks,
jeff
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Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Wed Sep 02 12:10:11 2009

Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3

Path:	C:\WINDOWS\system32
	C:\WINDOWS
	C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
	C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static
	c:\cygwin\bin
	c:\cygwin\usr\local\bin
	u:\j\bin
	C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
	C:\PROGRA~1\DISKEE~1\DISKEE~1\

Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec)
UID: 1003(jdeifik)  GID: 513(None)
0(root)             513(None)           544(Administrators) 545(Users)

Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec)
UID: 1003(jdeifik)  GID: 513(None)
0(root)             513(None)           544(Administrators) 545(Users)

SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\system32
WinDir: C:\WINDOWS

HOME = 'u:\j'
Path = 'C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;c:\cygwin\bin;c:\cygwin\usr\local\bin;u:\j\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\PROGRA~1\DISKEE~1\DISKEE~1\'

ALLUSERSPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users'
APPDATA = 'U:\Documents and Settings\jdeifik\Application Data'
CLIENTNAME = 'Console'
CommonProgramFiles = 'C:\Program Files\Common Files'
COMPUTERNAME = 'PHENOMII'
ComSpec = 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe'
CVSROOT = 'u:\cvsroot'
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK = 'NO'
HOMEDRIVE = 'U:'
HOMEPATH = '\Documents and Settings\jdeifik'
Isuser = 'U:\Documents and Settings\jdeifik\LOCALS~1\Temp\{93D52C87-BDD8-4B78-BCD2-09D5FC34E8DA}\{BCE9F441-9027-4911-82E0-5FB28057897D}\_isuser.dll'
LOGONSERVER = '\\PHENOMII'
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = '4'
OS = 'Windows_NT'
PATHEXT = '.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.PSC1'
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = 'x86'
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = 'x86 Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD'
PROCESSOR_LEVEL = '16'
PROCESSOR_REVISION = '0402'
ProgramFiles = 'C:\Program Files'
PROMPT = '$P$G'
SamDir = 'SINSTDIR'
SESSIONNAME = 'Console'
SystemDrive = 'C:'
SystemRoot = 'C:\WINDOWS'
TEMP = 'U:\DOCUME~1\jdeifik\LOCALS~1\Temp'
TMP = 'U:\DOCUME~1\jdeifik\LOCALS~1\Temp'
USERDOMAIN = 'PHENOMII'
USERNAME = 'jdeifik'
USERPROFILE = 'U:\Documents and Settings\jdeifik'
windir = 'C:\WINDOWS'

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
  (default) = '/cygdrive'
  cygdrive flags = 0x00000022
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/
  (default) = 'C:\cygwin'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin
  (default) = 'C:\cygwin/bin'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib
  (default) = 'C:\cygwin/lib'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options

a:  fd             N/A    N/A                    
c:  hd  NTFS     24003Mb  53% CP CS UN PA FC     OCZ_Xp
d:  cd             N/A    N/A                    
k:  hd  NTFS    883865Mb  68% CP CS UN PA FC     Hit_1_av
m:  hd  NTFS   1430797Mb  70% CP CS UN PA FC     Sea_1.5_tv
p:  cd             N/A    N/A                    
u:  hd  NTFS     70001Mb  55% CP CS UN PA FC     Hit_1_User
w:  fd             N/A    N/A                    
x:  fd             N/A    N/A                    
y:  fd             N/A    N/A                    
z:  fd             N/A    N/A                    

C:\cygwin      /          system  binmode
C:\cygwin/bin  /usr/bin   system  binmode
C:\cygwin/lib  /usr/lib   system  binmode
.              /cygdrive  system  binmode,cygdrive

Found: c:\cygwin\bin\awk.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe
Not Found: cpp (good!)
Not Found: crontab
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\find.exe
Not Found: gcc
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\kill.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\make.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe
Not Found: patch
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\perl.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\ssh.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\test.exe
Not Found: vi
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\vim.exe

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    Cygwin DLL version info:
        DLL version: 1.5.25
        DLL epoch: 19
        DLL bad signal mask: 19005
        DLL old termios: 5
        DLL malloc env: 28
        API major: 0
        API minor: 156
        Shared data: 4
        DLL identifier: cygwin1
        Mount registry: 2
        Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
        Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
        Program options name: Program Options
        Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
        Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
        Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
        Cygdrive default prefix: 
        Build date: Thu Jun 12 19:34:46 CEST 2008
        CVS tag: cr-0x5f1
        Shared id: cygwin1S4


No Cygwin services found.


Cygwin Package Information
Last downloaded files to: U:\j\win-general\gnu-open_source\cygwin
Last downloaded files from: http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/cygwin/

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