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-rw-r--r--sys/man/1/ssh7
-rw-r--r--sys/src/cmd/ssh.c8
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/1/ssh b/sys/man/1/ssh
index f8c86bff2..1e5d6cce6 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/ssh
+++ b/sys/man/1/ssh
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ This can be disabled with the
.B -R
option.
.PP
+If
+.I keyboard-interactive
+authentication fails, by default it is retried three times.
+The number of tries can be changed with
+.BR -T .
+Setting it to zero disables keyboard-interactive authentication.
+.PP
The
.B -d
option enables debug output.
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/ssh.c b/sys/src/cmd/ssh.c
index c0877f289..a7f45da11 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/ssh.c
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/ssh.c
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ enum {
WinPackets = 8, // (1<<15) * 8 = 256K
};
-enum {
- MaxPwTries = 3 // retry this often for keyboard-interactive
-};
+int MaxPwTries = 3; // retry this often for keyboard-interactive
typedef struct
{
@@ -1152,6 +1150,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
case 't':
thumbfile = EARGF(usage());
break;
+ case 'T':
+ MaxPwTries = strtol(EARGF(usage()), &s, 0);
+ if(*s != 0) usage();
+ break;
} ARGEND;
if(argc == 0)