Hi, I still do not understand the ultimate cause of the problem, but the following patch (removing some woody compatibility hacks) solves the problem for me: after applying the patch the keyboard-interactive authentication method with PAM works.
All the best, Jochen -- http://seehuhn.de/
diff -ur openssh-3.8.1p1.old/debian/changelog openssh-3.8.1p1/debian/changelog
--- openssh-3.8.1p1.old/debian/changelog 2006-07-29 17:21:19.000000000
+0100
+++ openssh-3.8.1p1/debian/changelog 2006-07-29 16:39:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+openssh (1:3.8.1p1-8.sarge.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Remove broken compatibility hacks (closes: #364635).
+
+ -- Jochen Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 29 Jul 2006 16:38:43 +0100
+
openssh (1:3.8.1p1-8.sarge.4) unstable; urgency=high
* Fix timing information leak allowing discovery of invalid usernames in
diff -ur openssh-3.8.1p1.old/debian/rules openssh-3.8.1p1/debian/rules
--- openssh-3.8.1p1.old/debian/rules 2006-07-29 17:21:19.000000000 +0100
+++ openssh-3.8.1p1/debian/rules 2006-07-29 16:55:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -60,12 +60,7 @@
mkdir -p build-deb
cd build-deb && $(FORCE_LIBS) ../configure --prefix=/usr
--sysconfdir=/etc/ssh --libexecdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man
--with-tcp-wrappers --with-xauth=/usr/bin/X11/xauth
--with-default-path=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
--with-superuser-path=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
--with-pam --with-4in6 --with-privsep-path=/var/run/sshd --without-rand-helper
- # Some 2.2 kernels have trouble with setres[ug]id() (bug #239999).
- perl -pi -e 's/.*#undef (BROKEN_SETRES[UG]ID).*/#define $$1 1/'
build-deb/config.h
- # Supply pthread linkage for just those binaries linked to PAM.
- perl -pi -e 's/^(LIBPAM=.*)/$$1 -pthread/' build-deb/Makefile
-
- $(MAKE) -C build-deb -j 2 ASKPASS_PROGRAM='/usr/bin/ssh-askpass'
CFLAGS='$(OPTFLAGS) -g -Wall -DUSE_POSIX_THREADS -DLOGIN_PROGRAM=\"/bin/login\"
-DLOGIN_NO_ENDOPT -DSSHD_PAM_SERVICE=\"ssh\"
-DSSH_VERSION="\"$(SSH_VERSION)\""' SSH_KEYSIGN='/usr/lib/ssh-keysign'
+ $(MAKE) -C build-deb ASKPASS_PROGRAM='/usr/bin/ssh-askpass'
CFLAGS='$(OPTFLAGS) -g -Wall -DLOGIN_PROGRAM=\"/bin/login\" -DLOGIN_NO_ENDOPT
-DSSHD_PAM_SERVICE=\"ssh\" -DSSH_VERSION="\"$(SSH_VERSION)\""'
SSH_KEYSIGN='/usr/lib/ssh-keysign'
# Support building on Debian 3.0 (with GNOME 1.4) and later.
if [ -f /usr/include/libgnomeui-2.0/gnome.h ]; then \
$(MAKE) -C contrib gnome-ssh-askpass2 CC='gcc $(OPTFLAGS) -g
-Wall'; \
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