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Title
Spotlight GUI shows Connecting message at bottom left but connection hangs and never connects -
Description
Spotlight on Unix client GUI is unable to connect to the server and seems to hang.
PasswordAuthentication is already set to yes in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.
Putty is able to connect to the same server without any issues.
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Resolution
WORKAROUND 1
Upgrade to the latest version of Spotlight on UNIX. The latest version can be downloaded from SupportLink.WORKAROUND 2
Ensure that the user in the Spotlight connection has full permissions on the /tmp directory.