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...ed to resolve the issue. Can anyone familiar with this section of code offer any suggestions what could cause openssh to invoke PAM at this point before the user has even attempted to enter a password? see below for example output. I have on other box in the three-strikes-and-your-out environment(pam_smbauth) where this is not a problem; however, it's configuration is different then the afflicted boxes. As I said this is apparently strange behaviour and I'm not quite sure what I'm looking for yet without pouring through the code. Any assistance is appreciated, on or off the list. Cheers,...