Error message seen by checking SSH Daemon status:
[root@linux1 testadmin]# service sshd status
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status sshd.service
● sshd.service - OpenSSH server daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sshd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2018-12-16 14:28:24 PST; 118h ago
Docs: man:sshd(8)
man:sshd_config(5)
Main PID: 152002 (sshd)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 49018)
Memory: 21.2M
CGroup: /system.slice/sshd.service
└─152002 /usr/sbin/sshd -D [email protected],[email protected],aes256-ctr,aes256-cbc,aes128-gcm@openss>
Feb 16 22:39:31 sftp.kimconnect.com sshd[82681]: error: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Feb 16 22:39:31 sftp.kimconnect.com sshd[82681]: error: @ WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! @
Feb 16 22:39:31 sftp.kimconnect.com sshd[82681]: error: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Feb 16 22:39:31 sftp.kimconnect.com sshd[82681]: error: Permissions 0715 for '/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key' are too open.
Feb 16 22:39:31 sftp.kimconnect.com sshd[82681]: error: It is required that your private key files are NOT accessible by others.
Feb 16 22:39:31 sftp.kimconnect.com sshd[82681]: error: This private key will be ignored.
Feb 16 22:39:31 sftp.kimconnect.com sshd[82681]: error: Unable to load host key "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key": bad permissions
Feb 16 22:39:31 sftp.kimconnect.com sshd[82681]: error: Unable to load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
The Quick Fix:
[root@linux1 testadmin]# chmod 600 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
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