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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. 
Notes: 
 
With SSH and SFTP, these attempts are password attempts only, not 
username/password combination attempts. 
 
If the RETRIES parameter value is lower than the MaxAuthTries parameter 
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. 
 
The maximum value for the RETRIES parameter is 15. 
 
Some clients have their own retries parameters. These usually override the 
system retries parameters.