diff -up openssh-8.0p1/auth-pam.c.preserve-pam-errors openssh-8.0p1/auth-pam.c

--- openssh-8.0p1/auth-pam.c.preserve-pam-errors	2021-03-31 17:03:15.618592347 +0200

+++ openssh-8.0p1/auth-pam.c	2021-03-31 17:06:58.115220014 +0200

@@ -511,7 +511,11 @@ sshpam_thread(void *ctxtp)

 		goto auth_fail;

 	if (!do_pam_account()) {

-		sshpam_err = PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED;

+		/* Preserve PAM_PERM_DENIED and PAM_USER_UNKNOWN.

+		 * Backward compatibility for other errors. */

+		if (sshpam_err != PAM_PERM_DENIED

+			&& sshpam_err != PAM_USER_UNKNOWN)

+			sshpam_err = PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED;

 		goto auth_fail;

 	}

 	if (sshpam_authctxt->force_pwchange) {

@@ -568,8 +572,10 @@ sshpam_thread(void *ctxtp)

 	    pam_strerror(sshpam_handle, sshpam_err))) != 0)

 		fatal("%s: buffer error: %s", __func__, ssh_err(r));

 	/* XXX - can't do much about an error here */

-	if (sshpam_err == PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED)

-		ssh_msg_send(ctxt->pam_csock, PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED, buffer);

+	if (sshpam_err == PAM_PERM_DENIED

+		|| sshpam_err == PAM_USER_UNKNOWN

+		|| sshpam_err == PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED)

+		ssh_msg_send(ctxt->pam_csock, sshpam_err, buffer);

 	else if (sshpam_maxtries_reached)

 		ssh_msg_send(ctxt->pam_csock, PAM_MAXTRIES, buffer);

 	else

@@ -856,9 +862,11 @@ sshpam_query(void *ctx, char **name, cha

 			free(msg);

 			break;

 		case PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED:

+			sshpam_account_status = 0;

+			/* FALLTHROUGH */

 		case PAM_MAXTRIES:

+		case PAM_USER_UNKNOWN:

+		case PAM_PERM_DENIED:

-			if (type == PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED)

-				sshpam_account_status = 0;

 			if (type == PAM_MAXTRIES)

 				sshpam_set_maxtries_reached(1);

 			/* FALLTHROUGH */