[ale] access denied error

[Tony Carter]

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:42 AM, mike barnes <mdb3624 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to log into a linux box (not sure what distro is) using putty
> and ssh. When I enter the the login id given to me by my administrator I am
> immediately getting "access denied" before I have a chance to enter my
> password.
>
> Can someone enlighten me as to what is going on with this?

Are you using fail2ban (or something similar)?
Are you using a ssh key only authentication method?

-Tony