ssh-agent (3.7.1p2) fails for more than 7 keys

[Darren Tucker]

Andreas Steinmetz wrote:
> I do have the following problem:
> When adding more than 7 keys to ssh-agent (openssh-3.7.1p2/Linux 2.4)
> only the first 7 keys work. All other keys fail when trying to set up a
> ssh connection with:
> 
> Received disconnect from *.*.*.*: 2: Too many authentication failures
> for *****

sshd currently has a hard-coded limit of 6 authentication attempts before
disconnecting.  There is an open enhancement request (with patch) to make
this user-settable (MaxAuthTries):

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561

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