Password three times with ssh

[Jan Moren]

tis 2006-02-14 klockan 12:05 +1100 skrev Adam Conrad:
> 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):


Thanks for the feedback. I ran it with verbose output and you seem to be
right. What threw me, I think, is that it normally _always_ asks for the
remote password in the "name at other.computer.se's password:" form. Hm,
now to figure out a way to make the prompts distinguishable.

Again, thanks!


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