Sshd -t responds with unable to load host key even though host key exists

[dalto]

Are the permissions on /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key correct? It probably needs to be 600

@ianqtc

Note that the ssh_host_rsa_key is what is uncommented, but even when I’ve got them all commented out, it still raises an error.

What is the error when they are all commented out?

Also, are you running sshd -t as root? Because you won’t have access as a normal user.

Lastly, have you tried starting it with systemd instead? systemctl start sshd