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        Authentication Failure
        Confirm Disconnect
        Confirm File Overwrite
        Connection Failure
        Disconnected; Authentication Error
        Disconnection
        Enter Passcode
        Enter Passphrase For Private Key
        Error Renaming
        Evaluation Period Ending
        Expiration
        Failed To Create An Incoming Tunnel
        Failed To Read Keymap File
        File Open Error
        Host Identification
        Host Identification Failed
        Keymap Error
        New PIN
        The Remote Host Uses SSH1 Protocol
        Wrong Passphrase
        Wrong Password - Enter Again
        Your License Has Expired
        SSH1 Specific Error Messages >>
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Authentication Failure

This error message indicates that the authentication process between your local computer and the remote host computer has for some reason failed.

The most common cause for failed authentication is an incorrect password, likely caused by a typing mistake.

Also the user name may be incorrect. Check that you have typed it correctly.

One possible reason for authentication failure is that the remote host computer may have been configured to require several authentication methods to be used. For example both password and public key authentication could be used for increased security. Even if you entered your password correctly, some other required authentication method could have failed. A relatively common situation is one where the remote host computer is expecting public key authentication and you have not sent your public key to the host. You can do this by following the instructions in section Uploading Your Public Key.

It may also be possible that your account on the remote host computer has been disabled or that the remote host computer is having temporary problems causing errors with the login procedure.

Try to connect again and carefully type in your user name and password. If after a couple of retries you are sure that you have entered both of them correctly, contact the system administrator of the remote host computer.

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