Enabling PAM authentication in rhn.conf causes Satellite webUI login to fail with Internal Server Error

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After enabling PAM authentication in the /etc/rhn/rhn.conf as below, tomcat crashes and throws exceptions when someone tries to log in. Satellite webUI login fails with Internal Server Error
pam_auth_service = rhn-satellite

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite

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