Password three times with ssh

[Jan Moren]

I have a port forward command I frequently run to get my email:

sudo ssh -N -L 110:pop.computer.se:110 name at other.computer.se

For some reason I can't fathom, this _always_ asks for my own local
password /the user password you supply to sudo) three times before it
gets to asking for the non-local password. Always three times (and it's
not incorrect entry; if I enter it incorrectly I have to start over):

Password: 
Password: 
Password: 
name at other.computer.se's password:

It seems no matter what I try (including setting the suid bit on ssh),
this continues to happen. A minor thing to be sure, but since I run this
every day, it's becoming a major irritant.

Would anyone by any chance have a clue why sudo (I guess it's sudo) asks
for it repeatedly - and more to the point, making it stop?

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Dr. Jan Morén (mr)              
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