crontab is failing for some users

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • crontab is failing for some users

      Jul 24 15:31:01 example1 crond[30449]: CRON (user1) ERROR: failed to open PAM security session: Bad file descriptor
  Jul 24 15:31:01 example1 crond[30449]: CRON (user1) ERROR: cannot set security context

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (All Versions)

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