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

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