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d4mo
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 Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:25 pm Post subject: Keep SSH open after failed login |
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| Right now, with the way my SSH is set up, if I login via Putty and I enter the wrong password the window closes. How do I get it to let me have multiple attempts to login without the window closes after every failed. I tried to uncomment the MaxAuthTries in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and ti didn;t do anything. |
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madisonicus
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: Re: Keep SSH open after failed login |
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| d4mo wrote: | | ... if I login via Putty ... |
Sounds like a problem with Putty. Have you tried SSH'ing in using something else?
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d4mo
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Well I've used putty to login to a Slackware system and it lets me have 2 login trys. |
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Cyker
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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You are right; It doesn't have anything to do with PuTTY - PuTTY (In default setup) only closes the window once the remote system drops the connection.
As for the OP question:
I suspect the SSHD authentication is being handled by the evil sadistic entity known as PAM.
Check your /etc/ssh/sshd_config
If "UsePAM" = "yes" then you must change the login tries in your PAM config (As PAM is horribly and terminally convoluted to the point IMHO it should be shot, I cannot help with that)
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Set "UsePAM" to "no" and then the "MaxAuthTries" key should work again (Remember to restard sshd 'tho!  ) |
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