1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/auth2.c b/auth2.c
index 57e6db46b..60e261f7f 100644
--- a/auth2.c
+++ b/auth2.c
@@ -220,13 +220,14 @@ userauth_finish(Authctxt *authctxt, int authenticated, char *method)
 #ifdef USE_PAM
         if (options.use_pam && authenticated) {
                 if (!PRIVSEP(do_pam_account())) {
-                        authenticated = 0;
                         /* if PAM returned a message, send it to the user */
                         if (buffer_len(&loginmsg) > 0) {
                                 buffer_append(&loginmsg, "\0", 1);
                                 userauth_send_banner(buffer_ptr(&loginmsg));
-                                buffer_clear(&loginmsg);
+                                packet_write_wait();
                         }
+                        fatal("Access denied for user %s by PAM account "
+                           "configuration", authctxt->user);
                 }
         }
 #endif