sshd: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line xxx: too many allow users.
Issue
After adding an AllowUsers line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config file, the sshd service fails to start.
When inspecting the journal, the following error message can be seen:
# journalctl -u sshd
Dec 06 01:43:05 server sshd[2375]: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 140: too many allow users.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9
- openssh-7.4p1-23.el7_9
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