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...NULL - an "illegal" user results in a non-valid authctxt - MUCH later, when the PAM auth module is running, it calls back into the sshd function input_userauth_info_response as part of the attempt to get a password from the user - input_userauth_info_response will only invoke the kbdinitctxt->device->response function if the authctxt is valid - at this point, since the whole process stalls out, the "next" auth method is tried, and the PAM context is destroyed. If one were to fix input_userauth_info_response to be a little more forgiving would that cause any grief,...