sshd[xxx]: fatal: chroot("/var/empty/sshd"): Permission denied [preauth]

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • sshd daemon generates the following permission denied event in /var/log/secure file upon user login and ssh login fail to the sshd server.
sshd[xxx]: fatal: chroot("/var/empty/sshd"): Permission denied [preauth]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • openssh
  • SELinux

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