Why does root user not being able to login after two days of uptime?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • With uptime of two days, root user as well as any other users are not able to login to the server.
  • The reboot fixes the problem.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3

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