Oracle Linux: SSHD Service Fails to Start with Directive 'ciphers' is not allowed within a Match block (Doc ID 2605369.1)

Last updated on JULY 28, 2020

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.0 and later
Linux x86-64

sshd service fails to start with following error:

Oct 28 10:15:41 hostname sshd[27096]: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 155: Directive 'ciphers' is not allowed within a Match block

Oct 28 10:15:41 hostname systemd[1]: sshd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a

Oct 28 10:15:41 hostname systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenSSH server daemon.

User added the 'Match' block in file /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

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