openssh unix dev - May 2003 - OpenSSH-3.6.1p2 PAM Problems

recently we upgraded a bunch of systems to OpenSSH-3.6.1p2. alot of our systems
have automated logins for backups or systems checks with ssh-keys, but (i think)
as a result of the Openwall/Solar Designer patch, pam_tally is incrementing off
the scales. pam_tally is tallying failed logins for keyed-only accounts:
attempts are made to authenticate those accounts via password authentication
before using keys. i'm not a coder so i don't have a fix, but i
don't think it
should be that hard to fix. any ideas?


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http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=559

On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 02:23:13PM -0600, listz at hate.cx
wrote:
> recently we upgraded a bunch of systems to OpenSSH-3.6.1p2. alot of our
systems
> have automated logins for backups or systems checks with ssh-keys, but (i
think)
> as a result of the Openwall/Solar Designer patch, pam_tally is incrementing
off
> the scales. pam_tally is tallying failed logins for keyed-only accounts:
> attempts are made to authenticate those accounts via password
authentication
> before using keys. i'm not a coder so i don't have a fix, but i
don't think it
> should be that hard to fix. any ideas?