Failed Login to Only Spit Out message after 3 Failed Tries

From: Spook (spectre_at_xtra.co.nz)
Date: 06/21/05

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    All,
    To amend a SOXIT deficiency I wrote a script to lock out the user if
    they failed 3 login attempts. I'm using OpenSsh 3.9p1 in Solaris 9

    So the script I wrote scanned the /var/adm/messages file and filtered
    for he date and the pattern "Failed Password". From there if it sees an
    occurrence of the "Failed Password..." it locks the user out.

    Unfortunately, I have come to realize that unlike telnet, the first
    password failure attempt already inserts the "Failed Password..." line
    in the /var/adm/mesages file.

    I have tried several LOG levels but I see no different behavior.
    Can anybody offer any advice how I can set sshd to only insert failed
    login entries in the /var/adm/messages after the the number of retries
    I have specified in the sshd_config?

    Thanks in advance...

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