ssh(d) "Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for invalid user"
Per olof Ljungmark
peo at intersonic.se
Sat Oct 7 12:32:43 PDT 2006
Robert Huff wrote:
> One of my machines running:
>
> FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Thu Aug 3 15:33:32 EDT 2006
>
> has suddenly decided to deny all ssh connections, whether by
> key-exchange or password.
> When attempting the latter, this appears in auth.log:
>
> Oct 3 22:47:44 jerusalem sshd[46280]: error: PAM: authentication error for illegal user <deleted> from bronze.lcs.mit.edu
> Oct 3 22:47:44 jerusalem sshd[46280]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for invalid user <deleted> from 128.31.0.11 port 63059 ssh2
>
> Thre's nothing relevant in /usr/src/UPDATING, and searching on
> Google points to Samba-related stuff. I am running Samba, but fail
> to understand how this can affect a non-Samba-related login.
> Anyone willing to whap me with the clue-iron?
>
Are you using pam_ldap?
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