SSH connections fail with PTY allocation request failed on channel 0

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When attempting to connect to a system via ssh the following error is observed.
PTY allocation request failed on channel 0

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • ssh

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