Hi Larry, > Three weeks ago everything was working normally. > > We have used ssh and sftp and recently have had a number of problems > loging into sites with passwd failures. > > This applies to SL 5.09 and 6.7. > > updated ssh using yum and our versions are up to date. > > Using the ssh debug switch -v it tells you step by step what your > progress is. We get down to passwd and it fails 3 times. If I use a > deliberate incorrect passwd it fails twice. > > Our Web hosting people don't have a clue and their support group is in > the Philippines. They are nice people but cannot resolve the issue. > > We have have been using gftp for years. We have tried the command line > login with same result. > > Did ssh with -sftp option change recently? Don't know if that is the case, but maybe it is something related to [Open]SSL or crypt libraries. Can you try from some other [virtual?] machines as well, running different OSes, in an effort to find some combination that works und look at that as a reference? Maybe you can try with another [test] account, to check if it is not a user/password specific issue? Last not least, increasing debug level - using multiple -v when running ssh - might give a clue? Best regards, Iosif Fettich