Ssh cannot authenticate anyone except root for login

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

The system with ssh remote access cannot authenticate anyone except root user. During a login attempt for other users only "Connection refused" message received from the server. Local users on the host also experiencing this problem.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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