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How do I setup ssh to prompt the user for more than 6 login attempts? I try to set it higher than 6 but it still stops at 6

Asked by Neal Wang

I set up the ssh and sshd server, trying to get ubuntu 22.04 to prompt me more than six for the login but I can only get it 6x, how do I set it so it does more?

in sshd_config i set maxauthtries to 16 or even higher and it still stops after 6 prompts when i try to ssh into the vm from outside

https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/impish/en/man5/sshd_config.5.html

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

It's the MaxAuthTries value you need to manipulate. You will need to restart the sshd service after you update the config

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Neal Wang (nealw) said : 		#2

It's set at 16 right now which means it should prompt at least 8 x, right now it is only still prompting 6 times max

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Did you restart sshd after updating the configuration file?

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Neal Wang (nealw) said : 		#4

yes multiple times

service sshd restart

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

https://techhub.hpe.com/eginfolib/networking/docs/switches/3100v2/5998-5985s_security_cr/content/450467408.htm#:~:text=By%20default%2C%20the%20maximum%20number,hacking%20of%20usernames%20and%20passwords.

Maybe that....?

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Neal Wang (nealw) said : 		#6

"ssh server authentication-retries 4"

i dont see the parameter "authentication-retries" here:

it's not in this manual:

https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/man5/sshd_config.5.html

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

maybe this
https://access.redhat.com/articles/7345

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Neal Wang (nealw) said : 		#8

the article requires you to be a customer of redhat...

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Neal Wang (nealw) said : 		#9

I'm not able to read the red hat article

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#10

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