[Info-vax] stumped by SSH

[Simon Clubley]

On 2016-02-06, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
> In article <n94jfv$qi3$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
><clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 
>
>> > Locally, logging in via TELNET or SET HOST/LAT work fine on both
>> > accounts.  With the new account, SSH repeats the password: prompt after
>> > entering the password.  After three tries, I get "warning:
>> > Authentication failed."  The password is correct, since otherwise the 
>> > other protocols wouldn't let me log in.
>> 
>> Have you triggered breakin evasion on the SSH connection method ?
>
> At least not consciously.  But would this cause different behaviour for 
> different accounts?
>

Depends on whether the account information is encoded as part of the
breakin check or whether it's purely a source connection network address
check.

BTW, You have not listed the SSH client and server versions and whether
they are identical for the SSH access methods used by the accounts on
your system.

Also, have you tried increasing the client debug level to see if you
get any clues that way ?

Simon.

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