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Looks like it was this and there is some way around it: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/331876/persistently-disable-password-authentication-in-sshd-o

• eyelidlessness 4y ago
  Thank you for clarifying and glad there’s a workaround. I mistakenly thought you meant ssh out. Haven’t had a need to ssh into any Mac for close to 20 years.
  • cma 4y ago
    If I remember right it happened without warning and reverted my key-only config when they added SIP in an update. I believe earlier updates never wiped out my change. It left me with an insecure setup that thankfully wasn't port-forwarded publicly.