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I just installed a breand new OVH VPS. When it was delivered I tried to login using the credentials given by OVH. When I am trying to SSH with root (for the first time !) I have the following message:

"Received disconnect from XX.XX.XX.XX port 22:2: Too many authentication failures"

I used KVM to enter the VPS. When I change MaxAuthTries with

MaxAuthTries 1234

it works.

I can login my VPS.

I then enter:

root@vpsXXXXX:~# pam_tally2 --user=root
Login           Failures Latest failure     From
root                0

I don't understand. Am I missing something?

Paulo Tomé
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  • Do you have _many_ keys in your SSH agent? – Kusalananda Mar 21 '20 at 15:10
  • Yes indeed, thank you, I have more than 6 keys. But why it appears to be no failures according to pam_tally2 ? – Boris Mar 21 '20 at 15:14
  • Did you restart the sshd after modifying sshd_config? The public key authentication does not go through pam so pam_tally does not see that. – Jakuje Mar 21 '20 at 15:17
  • Yes I restarted it, that is why it worked after modifying it. Ok pam_tally does not see public keys auths. Thanks to you both. – Boris Mar 21 '20 at 15:23

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