ssh error after executing chef install as standard user

[dirkpetersen]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/app/bin/cmdprox.py", line 1121, in
main()
File "/app/bin/cmdprox.py", line 696, in main
ssh_exec(user, pwd, ['mkdir -p .ssh',], h)
File "/app/bin/cmdprox.py", line 909, in ssh_exec
ssh.connect(host, username=user, password=pwd)
File "/app/python3/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/site-packages/paramiko/client.py", line 394, in connect
look_for_keys, gss_auth, gss_kex, gss_deleg_creds, gss_host)
File "/app/python3/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/site-packages/paramiko/client.py", line 649, in _auth
raise saved_exception
File "/app/python3/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/site-packages/paramiko/client.py", line 636, in _auth
self._transport.auth_password(username, password)
File "/app/python3/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/site-packages/paramiko/transport.py", line 1329, in auth_password
return self.auth_handler.wait_for_response(my_event)
File "/app/python3/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/site-packages/paramiko/auth_handler.py", line 217, in wait_for_response
raise e
paramiko.ssh_exception.AuthenticationException: Authentication failed.