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We have this policy that the account gets locked if a user tries to login with the wrong password for three times.

Now if I mistype my password when connecting via tramp, it will try to login several times, locking my account immediately.

I could not find a way to disable multiple login attempts. Is there a way to tell tramp to try only once?

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Tramp should automatically recognise a wrong password error and prompt you for a new password. If it doesn't, it probably indicates that the remote host is using a weird string to report password errors.

Please set the variable tramp-verbose to 6, then check the *debug tramp/whatever* buffer to find out what error message the host is checking. Then customise the variable tramp-wrong-password-reject to match it.

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You can try pressing C-g right after the first login attempt fails.

Then clean the connection with M-x tramp-cleanup-this-connection before trying to login again.

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  • It's way faster than my reaction time... – Beginner Apr 23 '15 at 15:31
  • I don't understand. Do you mean it is not working for you? – Manuel Uberti Apr 23 '15 at 16:14
  • It does a series of futile login attempts within about second, no way to notice and press some keys in that time frame at least for me. – Beginner Apr 23 '15 at 16:16

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