/tags/documentation/ Recent content in Documentation on Amit Agarwal Linux Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0530 /2026/01/02/2026-01-02-man2pdf/ Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0530 /2026/01/02/2026-01-02-man2pdf/ Man pages don’t have to stay trapped in your terminal. Here are the clean, reliable ways to convert any man page to ASCII/text, HTML, Markdown, or PDF—with one-liners and gotchas covered. /2013/02/26/slow-ssh-connection/ Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:35:55 +0000 /2013/02/26/slow-ssh-connection/ <p>If you are experiencing slow ssh connections, then possibly your system is trying to do reverse lookup of the <a class="zem_slink" title="IP address" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">IP address</a>. If that is the case, then you can add the below to “hosts” line in <strong>/etc/nsswitch.conf</strong> file.</p> <blockquote> <p>‘[NOTFOUND=return]’</p> </blockquote> <p>The other cause for slow connections can be <strong><a class="zem_slink" title="Generic Security Services Application Program Interface" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Security_Services_Application_Program_Interface" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">GSSAPI</a></strong> authentication. If that is the case, then the simplest solution is to add the following in your “<strong>~/.ssh/config</strong>” file:</p>