Error messages "sshd-keygen@.service: Main process exited" and "Failed to start OpenSSH sshd-keygen Server Key Generation" in /var/log/messages after reboot on RHEL 8

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After a system reboot, the /var/log/messages file contains error messages similar to the following, associated with sshd-keygen@.service:

    systemd[1]: sshd-keygen@sshd-keygen.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=12/n/a
systemd[1]: sshd-keygen@sshd-keygen.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenSSH sshd-keygen Server Key Generation.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • systemd
  • openssh-server

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