Unable to start the SSHD service with error message "Bad yes/no argument for ShowPatchLevel parameter"
Issue
- SSH service fails to start with the following error in logs.
- The error indicates having bad argument for
ShowPatchLevelparameter.
# cat /var/log/secure | grep -i Bad
sshd: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 128: Bad yes/no argument: noinformatica_cep_ftp
sshd: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 128: Bad yes/no argument: noinformatica_cep_ftp
sshd: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 128: Bad yes/no argument: noinformatica_cep_ftp
sshd: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 128: Bad yes/no argument: noinformatica_cep_ftp
sshd: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 128: Bad yes/no argument: noinformatica_cep_ftp
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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