[Info-vax] OpenSSH server does not accept passwords with digits and letters mixed

[Ian Miller]

On Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 10:41:09 PM UTC+1, Andrew Brehm wrote:
> I have two OpenVMS 9.1 VMs which I thought were pretty identical (set up in the same way). 
> 
> Both of them have a system account with a password with digits and numbers. 
> 
> But while both of them work with the account via serial port and telnet, on one of them the login via OpenSSH only works when the password is changed to digits only or letters only. 
> 
> Any idea why that could be? 
> 
> As a table: ssh login to Host2 doesn't work with mixed password: 
> 
> Method Host1 Host2 
> 
> serial abcd12 abcd12 
> telnet abcd12 abcd12 
> ssh abcd12 - 
> 
> serial abcd abcd 
> telnet abcd abcd 
> ssh abcd abcd

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