SSH Password Tweak acting weird

[cpeden]

So on my cpanel server I am using Password Auth for SSH. This means the "SSH Password Tweak" is enabled in whm. It seems on a random interval the server will just start rejecting SSH access via password, after several retry's it will usually finally work. On occasion it will just not accept a ssh connection to which the only fix is to go in an disable the tweak and the enable again. This is getting extremely annoying.

My server is running CentOS 6.5 64bit.

Can anyone shed any light on why this is happening and what I can do to fix it?


Thanks
Chris

 

[NixTree]

Do you have cPHuld enabled and the password is rejecting only for a single user? if so, disable cPHuld ( or whitelist your IP address ) and enable / configure CSF. Also change SSH port to a non-standard one. Check and see if the issue persists.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

Yes, it sounds like the user might have been locked out by cPhulk brute force protection. Try adding your IP address to the whitelist to see if that helps prevent the issue.

Thank you.