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From an ESXi shell, run the following command:
# esxcli system ssh server config list -k clientalivecountmax
or
From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host, run the following commands:
$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -v2
$esxcli.system.ssh.server.config.list.invoke() | Where-Object {$_.Key -eq 'clientalivecountmax'}
Example result:
clientalivecountmax 3
If "clientalivecountmax" is not configured to "3", this is a finding.
From an ESXi shell, run the following command:
# esxcli system ssh server config set -k clientalivecountmax -v 3
or
From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host, run the following commands:
$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -v2
$arguments = $esxcli.system.ssh.server.config.set.CreateArgs()
$arguments.keyword = 'clientalivecountmax'
$arguments.value = '3'
$esxcli.system.ssh.server.config.set.Invoke($arguments)