sshd: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line xxx: too many ports.
Issue
The sshd service fails to start.
When inspecting the journal, the following error message can be seen:
# journalctl -u sshd
Dec 11 06:41:29 server sshd[4002]: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 273: too many ports
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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