Strange ssh/tty behaviour

[Johann Spies <jspies@sun.ac.za>]

I have Debian unstable on "vreemdeling" and Redhat 7.3 on "archive".

When I try to sshto archive from tty8 on vreemdeling the following
happens:
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03-01-03 9:03:13 js@vreemdeling ~
zsh % ssh root@archive
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied (publickey,password).
03-01-03 9:03:17 js@vreemdeling ~
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In  /var/log/secure on archive the following entry appears:

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Jan  3 09:03:17 archive sshd[20347]: Failed password for root from
146.232.129.115 port 2772 ssh2
Jan  3 09:03:17 archive last message repeated 2 times
Jan  3 09:03:17 archive sshd[20347]: Connection closed by
146.232.129.115
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When I ssh from any other tty on vreemdeling I have success:

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03-01-03 9:03:01 js@vreemdeling ~
zsh % ssh root@archive
root@archive's password:
Last login: Fri Jan  3 08:09:27 2003 from bywoner.sun.ac.za
.......
[root@archive-09:03:33]-#1 ~
----------------------

I have tried logging out and in again on several tty's and the same
happens.  It is always from tty8 that ssh fails.

Any explanation?

Johann
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