Password three times with ssh

Adam Conrad adconrad at ubuntu.com
Tue Feb 14 01:05:55 UTC 2006


Jan Moren wrote:
> 
> For some reason I can't fathom, this _always_ asks for my own local
> password /the user password you supply to sudo) three times before it
> gets to asking for the non-local password. Always three times (and it's
> not incorrect entry; if I enter it incorrectly I have to start over):
> 
> Password: 
> Password: 
> Password: 
> name at other.computer.se's password:

That's the remote machine all 4 times, it's falling back from one auth
method (keyboard-interactive) to another (password).  Watch as I do this
here (intentionally getting the wrong password):

(base)adconrad at cthulhu:~$ ssh -v jerm
[...]
debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive
Password:
debug1: Authentications that can continue:
publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
Password:
debug1: Authentications that can continue:
publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
Password:
debug1: Authentications that can continue:
publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: password
adconrad at jerm's password:

... Adam





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