Unable to start sshd service in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 - "Missing privilege separation directory" or "it must be owned by root and not group or world-writable"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to start sshd service due to the below error messages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 :
    • Missing privilege separation directory.
    • /usr/share/empty.sshd must be owned by root and not group or world-writable.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • OpenSSH

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