Restarting sshd service gives error "/sbin/service: line 66: 19388 Terminated"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The "service sshd restart" command doesn't start sshd service and gives error:
/sbin/service: line 66: 19388 Terminated  env -i LANG="$LANG" PATH="$PATH" TERM="TERM" "${SERVICEDIR}/${SERVICE}" ${OPTIONS}

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6

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