Unable to start sshd daemon

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • sshd.service is failing with the following error:
Mar 22 05:13:06 test systemd[1]: Reached target sshd-keygen.target.
Mar 22 05:13:06 test systemd[1]: Starting OpenSSH server daemon...
Mar 22 05:13:06 test sshd[]: Extra argument  .
Mar 22 05:13:06 test systemd[1]: sshd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 22 05:13:06 test systemd[1]: sshd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • openssh

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