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