Andrew Schulman wrote: >> with a working SSH client I see this message before each prompt: >> >> Postponed keyboard-interactive for ... >> >> whereas I see the following message before the second prompt when >> using PuTTY: >> >> Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for ... > > That's good detective work. It seems that PAM doesn't want you to > try a password more than once? Have a look in /etc/pam.d/ssh and see > if you can find the reason.
Someone else suggested this to me as well, but I actually had already looked there. If the answer lies in that file, it is eluding me. I haven't modified it since I installed Sarge. It includes stuff from /etc/security/limits.conf and /etc/security/pam_env.conf, both of which are all comments. It prints some stuff after a successful login. Apart from that, it includes the three /etc/pam.d/common-* files like most every other pam file. I had also (perhaps mistakenly) discounted /etc/pam.d/ssh as a factor since the problem doesn't happen with EVERY ssh session...just those coming from PuTTY. Also, I should mention that this behavior does not manifest when connecting to an up to date Woody box. Thanks for the input... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]