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I have a Windows XP box with Cygwin running and the SSH service. I'd like to use PuTTY to connect to it from other computers on the local network. PuTTY works fine and I actually get a relatively speedy login prompt. But anytime I do an 'ls' on the root directory ('/') it typically doesn't complete, like the command is hung. Other PuTTY sessions suffer as well, no matter what i'm doing (even just an 'ls' on my home directory might take awhile or not finish). It is like a deadlock occurred somewhere in the ssh/cygwin system.
The root directory does contain the 'cygdrive' folder which is the contents of the host computer. Could this be causing the slowdown?
Robb
Posted 2011-06-23T14:39:24.113
Reputation: 167
Do you see the same behaviour in native cygwin sessions on the Windows XP box? – EightBitTony – 2011-06-23T14:46:40.233
@EightBitTony Fairly certain I don't see that but i'd have to check. Which I can't do until later today. – Robb – 2011-06-23T14:47:40.273
I have a feeling this might be related to network shares located in the structure of cygdrive... – Robb – 2011-06-23T20:39:05.720
Does is the issue go away if you disable on-demand virus scanning on the XP box (assuming it's turned on) – EightBitTony – 2011-06-23T21:03:30.050
It is looking like a network share that was unavailable was causing the ls command to grind to a halt. – Robb – 2011-06-24T02:50:53.547