>Number:         30296
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       6 password prompts instead of 3 with PAMified sshd
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat May 21 15:17:00 +0000 2005
>Originator:     Thomas Klausner
>Release:        NetBSD 3.99.3/20050518
>Organization:

>Environment:
	
	
>Description:
When ssh'ing in to a machine, I now get 6 password prompts until disconnection,
where before I only got 3.
>How-To-Repeat:
Compare:

On 2.0:
# ssh localhost
wiz@localhost's password: 
Permission denied, please try again.
wiz@localhost's password: 
Permission denied, please try again.
wiz@localhost's password: 
Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).

On 3.99.3:
# ssh localhost
Password:
Password:
Password:
wiz@localhost's password: 
Permission denied, please try again.
wiz@localhost's password: 
Permission denied, please try again.
wiz@localhost's password: 
Received disconnect from ::1: 2: Too many authentication failures for wiz

This is with default /etc/ssh and /etc/pam.

Also note the different message at the end.
>Fix:
Not provided, sorry.

>Unformatted: