error: AuthorizedKeysCommandUser "xxx" not found: Success

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Unable to log in via SSH:

$ ssh user@server
user@192.168.121.83: Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic)

The following error can be seen in the server logs:

# journalctl -u sshd
Dec 06 07:18:43 server sshd[3980]: error: AuthorizedKeysCommandUser "admin" not found: Success
Dec 06 07:18:43 server sshd[3980]: Connection closed by 192.168.121.1 port 41662 [preauth]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3
  • openssh-7.4p1-23.el7_9
  • openssh-8.0p1-19.el8_8
  • openssh-8.7p1-34.el9

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