Sun Java Desktop System [ SSH hanging]

Question

Hello,
I am running latest solaris 10 release (10/09 Generic_141445-09 ) using gnome-terminal GNOME Terminal 2.6.1 (supplied with solaris)
from within gnome terminal, as root, I can start interactive ssh session from this box to anywhere fine.
BUT
from within gnome terminal, as ANY OTHER user, the INTERACTIVE ssh connection from this box to any server HANGS (remote commands run fine)
This issue does not happen from within XTERM window:
from within XTERM terminal window, I can successfully start an interactive ssh session to anywhere (as any user).
so that means problem is either with some environment variable(since it works for root from gnome-terminal) OR with the GNOME terminal app (but it is working for root???)
root user is using /sbin/sh shell. other users use /usr/bin/bash. there is no .bashrc file at the moment,
can anyone help? do i need a patch? or reset some variable?
thx.
-BG
Edited by: badeguruji on Dec 29, 2009 9:57 AM
Edited by: badeguruji on Dec 30, 2009 7:42 AM

Answer 1

hi,
The session that hangs does it establish a connection first? Does it prompt for a password etc? If you could tell me the results of the below commands:
As root
ssh server
ssh user@server
As a user
ssh server
ssh root@server
If the first two tests pass and the second two fail then could you please send the following output:
As root
ssh -v server (just login with a password then kill the connection)
As a user
ssh -v server (again run either until it hangs or login if you can and then kill the connection)