Re: Blocklistd blocking ssh despite successful public key authentication

[Brook Milligan <brook%nmsu.edu@localhost>]

> On Oct 21, 2022, at 10:49 AM, Martin Neitzel <neitzel%hackett.marshlabs.gaertner.de@localhost> wrote:
> 
>> If not, what else might be triggering an increase in the failed
>> login tally?
>> Is there somewhere else I should be looking?
> 
> Just a month ago a was bitten by a sshd+blocklistd combo, and it puzzled
> me too for a little while.

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> Solution 1 (the proper one):  add an .ssh/config entry for your server,
> nailing the proper client "IdentityFile" from the get-go.

Thanks for the great information.  This sounds exactly like what is happening.  I”ll give this a try and see if it improves.

Thanks again for the great (and prompt) reply.

Cheers,
Brook