Stephen Webster wrote:
> Carlos Moreno wrote:
>
>>
>> I just tried configuring one of the servers to disallow root login.
>>
>> One problem/weakness I noticed is that even though the login is
>> ultimately refused, typing the correct password and typing an
>> incorrect password produce different behaviours.
>>
>
> What version of ssh are you running? I have openssh v4.0p1 running on a
> Fedora core 4 box and I get the same behaviour whether I use the correct
> password or an incorrect password for root:
>
> "Permission denied, please try again."

D'oh!! I think it's 3.5 -- it's the one that comes with RH9, with the
latest updates applied, but still an old version.

Glad to hear that this detail has been fixed!

Thanks,

Carlos
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