How to configure sftp to only accept connections from a different port than ssh connections

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Issue

By default sftp connections use the same port that ssh connections use. You need to configure the sshd_config file to force sftp connections to use a port different from the ssh connections.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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