Privilege separation user sshd does not exist

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Observed below message in /var/log/messages:

systemname sshd[XXXXX]: fatal: Privilege separation user sshd does not exist

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • ssh

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