The sshd.service failed to start after installing Cyberark PSMP.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After installing Cyberark PSMP, the OpenSSH server daemon (sshd.service) fails to start.

    Aug  1 12:03:10 xxxxxxxx systemd[1]: Starting OpenSSH server daemon...
Aug  1 12:03:10 xxxxxxxx sshd[xxxxx]: command-line: line 0: Bad configuration option: GSSAPIKexAlgorithms
Aug  1 12:03:10 xxxxxxxx systemd[1]: sshd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug  1 12:03:10 xxxxxxxx systemd[1]: sshd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug  1 12:03:10 xxxxxxxx systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenSSH server daemon.

  • Observed logs when manually starting the sshd service.

    /etc/ssh/sshd_config: line 32: Bad configuration option: GSSAPIKeyExchange

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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