SSH fails with the error message "RES equals failed"

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Issue

  • I can't ssh into system running RHEL 5.8, tried to log into that system and error message "RES equals failed" is displayed.
  • Login is only possible as root locally.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8

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