Why do I get "Directive AllowGroups is not allowed within a Match block" errors in RHEL6.4?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When following lines are inserted into the sshd_conf:
Match Address 195.160.4.0/27
        AllowGroups test
  • I receive following errors:
 Starting sshd: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 156: Directive 'AllowGroups' is not allowed within a Match block.
  • Why such errors appears?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.4.
  • sshd configuration.

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