How do I configure my system so that some users do not have console login but other users can still 'su' to those users?

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In order to configure the system to deny console logins for certain users but still allow other users to su to those users, we will be utilizing the Pluggable Authentication Modules' (PAM) pam_listfile.so module.

The first thing to do is to modify the /etc/pam.d/login to look like the example below:

#%PAM-1.0
auth       required     ...

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