Unable to log in via ssh and receive error: "Connection closed by X.X.X.X"

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Issue

  • Attempting to ssh into a server using ssh all user accounts receive error: "Connection closed by X.X.X.X"
  • root account is able to log in and works as expected.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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