11-24-2009
It's probably a pty you are missing. OpenSSH 4.3.2 (I think) had a bug creating pty sessions. In Linux the call is openpty(), in OSX - I do not know.
You may want to enable some more warnings in syslog.conf. The messages you need are probably not showing up.
See:
Mac OS X Manual Page For syslog.conf(5)
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