On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 14:32:44 +0530, sshuser GA wrote: > Hi, > > I understand MaxAuthTries is a parameter used to restrict the maximum > number of authentication attempts. But I notice a difference in behavior > when run from different client versions. > The MaxAuthTries at the server side is 6. The server side is running > OpenSSH 6.6 version. > When wrong password is given from an openssh client 6.1 version, it > disconnects after 3 attempts. > When wrong password is given from an openssh client 6.6 version, it > disconnects after 5 attempts. > > What is the reason for this difference ? Shouldn't the behavior be the > same, across both the clients, since MaxAuthTries is a server side > parameter? > Keep in mind that MaxAuthTries is applied against _all_ authentication methods -- not just password authentication. If you use ssh -v, I expect that you will see that the apparent discrepancy is due to public-key or hostbased authentication attempts. Also, it may be that your clients have NumberOfPasswordPrompts set inconsistently. -- Iain Morgan _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
