/etc/ssh/sshd config

/etc/ssh/sshd_config. Man page: https://linux.die.net/man/5/sshd_config

Directives

• Port
• ChrootDirectory
• PasswordAuthentication
• PubkeyAuthentication
• AuthenticationMethods
• ChallengeResponseAuthentication
• Match
• internal-sftp
• MaxStartups
• LogLevel
• PermitRootLogin

Logs

Dec 01 07:01:05 SERVER sshd[15647]: PAM service(sshd) ignoring max retries; 5 > 3 sshd[15647]: PAM service(sshd) ignoring max retries; 5 > 3
See: MaxAuthTries

Related commands

• sshd logs
• ssh -vvv
• ~/.ssh/

dpkg -S /etc/ssh/sshd_config
dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /etc/ssh/sshd_config
See also: dpkg -V

See also

• /etc/ssh/sshd_config: AuthenticationMethods, PasswordAuthentication, PermitRootLogin, MaxStartups, sshd_config
• OpenSSH (changelog): /etc/ssh/sshd_config | /etc/ssh/ssh_config | ~/.ssh/ | openSSL | sshd logs | sftp | scp | authorized_keys | ssh-keygen | ssh-keyscan | ssh-add | ssh-agent | ssh | Ssh -O stop | ssh-copy-id | CheckHostIP | UseKeychain, OpenSSF
• PAM, libpam_cracklib, pam_tally2, /etc/pam.d/, /etc/pam.d/sshd, pam_oath, pam_sss, /etc/pam.d/login, pam_unix, pam_krb5