Do you check if ssh hostname somecommand works or not? Try to run it with terminal suppression using -T i.e. ssh -T hostname somecommand.
If that works perhaps something wrong with the terminal allocation on the remote side (may they are all utilized? just guessing!) or problem with the shell.
Sharad
--- On Sat, 18/7/09, dirk ooms <dirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: dirk ooms <dirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: authenticated, but no prompt
> To: secureshell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, 18 July, 2009, 12:22 AM
> Hello,
>
> until this morning I was able to ssh from my ubuntu client
> to my fedora
> core 9 server. suddenly (without any config change on the
> server or the
> client), I couldn't ssh anymore: I could still enter the
> password,
> authentication seems to be ok, but no shell prompt :-(
>
> so I am wondering what's going on here. since it is
> difficult to
> physically access the machine, I would be very happy to
> receive a
> suggestion for a workaround.
>
> below is the last part of the ssh -vvv output (I replaced
> the real
> machine name by mymachine.mydomain)
>
> I can still ssh to other servers from my client.
>
> cheers,
> dirk
>
> debug1: Next authentication method: password
> dirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx's
> password:
> debug3: packet_send2: adding 64 (len 58 padlen 6 extra_pad
> 64)
> debug2: we sent a password packet, wait for reply
> debug1: Authentication succeeded (password).
> debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
> debug3: ssh_session2_open: channel_new: 0
> debug2: channel 0: send open
> debug1: Entering interactive session.
> debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1
> debug3: channel 0: status: The following connections are
> open:
> #0 client-session (t3 r-1 i0/0 o0/0 fd 4/6 cfd -1)
>
> debug3: channel 0: close_fds r 4 w 6 e 7 c -1
> Read from remote host mymachine.mydomain: Connection reset
> by peer
> Connection to mymachine.mydomain closed.
> debug1: Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 110 bytes in
> 0.0 seconds
> debug1: Bytes per second: stdin 0.0, stdout 0.0, stderr
> 4537.2
> debug1: Exit status -1
>
>
>
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