OK guys sorry for the hassle. It seems like FC4 had some bug in the openssh package, and the server was kept up to date. Just one more reason why you should always keep your system's updated: It will save you 4h of useless debugging ;)
A simple yum update openssh-server (from a dumb terminal that I got too by issuing: <<< ssh [options] bash set | grep TERM TERM=dumb yum -y update openssh-server >>> solved the issue) Thank you all. -- Cheers, Maxim Vexler "Free as in Freedom" - Do u GNU ?
