On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 04:34:27PM +0200, Marco Ivaldi wrote: > root@voodoo:~# ssh [valid_user]@lab.mediaservice.net > [valid_user]@lab.mediaservice.net's password: <- arbitrary (non-null) string > [2 secs delay] > Permission denied, please try again. > > root@voodoo:~# ssh [no_such_user]@lab.mediaservice.net > [no_such_user]@lab.mediaservice.net's password: <- arbitrary (non-null) string > [no delay] > Permission denied, please try again. ive noticed something similar in its handling of PermitRootLogin, if this option is set to `no' you get the following behavior: $ ssh root@host root@host's password: <- arbitrary (non-null) string [2 secs delay] Permission denied, please try again.a $ ssh root@host root@host's password: <- correct root password [no delay] Permission denied, please try again. i haven't checked the current version to see if this is still true. i think you also will get no delay if DenyUsers or so is in use for accounts your testing. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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