System Administrator

Balbir Singh

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Thanks a lot, it really helps me and I am able to restrict max authentication to just 1<br />
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now when someone is denied access just after 1st attempt then I get below message on the screen<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-43013414-1">Received disconnect from xx.xx.xx.xx port 22:2: Too many authentication failures
Disconnected from xx.xx.xx.xx port 22</code></pre>
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Is there a way I can silence this message after after unsuccessful authentication?
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Thanks a lot, it really helps me and I am able to restrict max authentication to just 1

now when someone is denied access just after 1st attempt then I get below message on the screen


Received disconnect from xx.xx.xx.xx port 22:2: Too many authentication failures
Disconnected from xx.xx.xx.xx port 22


Is there a way I can silence this message after after unsuccessful authentication?

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also is it possible to not mask what user is typing on the screen in the password prompt? like if password is 'secret' then in the terminal it should be visible while typing.<br />
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I know the security risk but just wanted to know if it is doable?
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also is it possible to not mask what user is typing on the screen in the password prompt? like if password is 'secret' then in the terminal it should be visible while typing.

I know the security risk but just wanted to know if it is doable?

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During the keyboard based password authentication if we provide wrong password then freeBSD system ask for password 3 times before giving it up. Is there a way I can restrict it to just 1 ? Like if someone give wrong password then no login, no need to ask again. TIA
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During the keyboard based password authentication if we provide wrong password then freeBSD system ask for password 3 times before giving it up. Is there a way I can restrict it to just 1 ? Like if someone give wrong password then no login, no need to ask again. TIA

Restrict how many times freeBSD asks for right password if someone gives wrong password.

FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system that is a direct descendant of BSD. FreeBSD contains a significant collection of server-related software in the base system and the ports collection, it is possible to configure and use FreeBSD as a mail server, web server, Firewall, FTP server, DNS server and a router, among other applications. Although FreeBSD does not install the X Window System by default, it is available in the FreeBSD ports collection. A number of Desktop environments such as GNOME, KDE and Xfce, and lightweight window managers such as Openbox, Fluxbox and dwm are also available to FreeBSD.