Re: Recent openssh and openssl import / update breaks sshd password authentication

To: Markus Kilbinger <mk%kilbi.de@localhost>
Subject: Re: Recent openssh and openssl import / update breaks sshd password authentication
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1%welche.eu@localhost>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:02:32 +0100

On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 09:53:52AM +0200, Markus Kilbinger wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Since recent
> 
>   https://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2026/04/08/msg161497.html
>   https://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2026/04/08/msg161500.html
> 
> resulting sshd no longer accepts password authentication:
> 
>   sshd-session[11328]: fatal: sshpam_init: called initially with no
> packet context [preauth]
> 
> This happens on all my aarch64 machines.
> Kerberos and key based logins still work fine.
> 
> Does anybody else is seeing this problem?

Yes - I got around it by commenting out "UsePAM yes" in
/etc/ssh/sshd_config (as I don't need it) (and restarting sshd)


Cheers,

Patrick

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- Recent openssh and openssl import / update breaks sshd password authentication
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