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...: try method password Failed password for janp from 127.0.0.1 port 52777 ssh2 debug1: attempt 5 failures 5 debug2: input_userauth_request: try method password Failed password for janp from 127.0.0.1 port 52777 ssh2 the problem is this piece of code: if (authctxt->failures++ > options.max_auth_tries) { (1) failures should be incremented before the test and (2) there should be '=' (or >= to be sure), not just '>'. After the simple fix it works as expected. while not a big deal I suggest to fix it since from my experience people are quite often confused by that. Patch...

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1322 Summary: pam_end() is not called if authentication fails, which breaks pam-abl Product: Portable OpenSSH Version: 4.6p1 Platform: Other URL: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=405041 OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: