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Linux / UNIX set increase the number of failed login retries with SSH client
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Linux / UNIX set increase the number of failed login retries with SSH client
For a SSH client connecting to the SSH server, three (3) is the default number of failed login retries. However, this can be modified by configuring the /etc/ssh/ssh_config file from the SSH client system and using the NumberOfPasswordPrompts directive.
It specifies the number of password prompts before giving up. The argument to this keyword must be an integer. Code:
vi /etc/ssh/ssh_config Code:
NumberOfPasswordPrompts 6 Code:
/etc/init.d/sshd restart 
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