Hello All I posted this query on comp.security.ssh but haven't got any response to it so far. I'd appreciate if I can get any help to resolve this issue. I have a CentOS 6 system that is running OpenSSH version 7.6p1 built with OpenSSL 1.0.2o. The OpenSSL is built with FIPS module 2.0.16. I have a python based pluggable authenticataion module configured using pam_python 1.0.6 and Python 2.7.10. When I use a ssh client to login to this system, the connection is immediately closed by the system. This happens whether I login using password or key. Checking the /var/log/secure I see following error: sshd[11255]: fatal: key_demote: error in libcrypto Checking OpenSSH code I think this is happening when the server is demoting private keys to public keys. The problem I have tracked down is because of an import in the PAM python module which eventually imports the python's _ssl module. A dummy PAM python module with just this import reproduces the issue. Here is the dummy PAM python module that I am using to repro the issue: ----- #!/opt/bin/python import _ssl def pam_sm_authenticate(pamh, flags, argv): return pamh.PAM_SUCCESS def pam_sm_setcred(pamh, flags, argv): return pamh.PAM_SUCCESS def pam_sm_open_session(pamh, flags, argv): return pamh.PAM_SUCCESS def pam_sm_close_session(pamh, flags, argv): return pamh.PAM_SUCCESS def pam_sm_acct_mgmt(pamh, flags, argv): return pamh.PAM_SUCCESS ----- Any help is very much appreciated in resolving or understanding this issue. If there is any other information that may be helpful in understanding this issue, please let me know. Thanks Arshad _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev