The "No credentials found" error is because your client is trying to look up Kerberos credentials, but you are probably not using Kerberos. I was able to resolve the issue by simply adding the following to the end of /etc/ssh_config: GSSAPIAuthentication no GSSAPIKeyExchange no No restart necessary -- the next time you initate an SSH conneciton, it should take effect. I had one or two stubborn systems where it still happened and I resolved those by putting the same lines in /etc/sshd_config so it changed the way the server behaves. In this case, you'll have to restart the SSH daemon for the changes to take effect. Hope it helps! --Dave -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/sshd-hangs-after-SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT-sent---Fedora-Core-5-update-tp8818375p14328245.html Sent from the SSH (Secure Shell) mailing list archive at Nabble.com.