Cisco Headend Digital Broadband Delivery System
Chapter 5 SSH, SFTP, and SCP Connections
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Overview
SSH, SFTP, and SCP connections use the RETRIES and the MaxAuthTries
parameters to control the maximum number of login attempts. You typically want
the MaxAuthTries parameter value to be one less than the RETRIES parameter
value.
parameters to control the maximum number of login attempts. You typically want
the MaxAuthTries parameter value to be one less than the RETRIES parameter
value.
Notes:
With SSH and SFTP, these attempts are password attempts only, not
username/password combination attempts.
username/password combination attempts.
If the RETRIES parameter value is lower than the MaxAuthTries parameter
value, the RETRIES value takes precedence.
value, the RETRIES value takes precedence.
If the MaxAuthTries parameter value is lower than the RETRIES parameter value
by 2 or more, the MaxAuthTries value takes precedence.
by 2 or more, the MaxAuthTries value takes precedence.
The maximum value for the RETRIES parameter is 15.
Some clients have their own retries parameters. These usually override the
system retries parameters.
system retries parameters.