useradd command fails to create a new user

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • useradd command fails to create a new user, following error is obeserved in /var/log/secure:
Jun 28 16:01:37 rhel7 useradd[12345]: cannot open login definitions /etc/login.defs [No such file or directory]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • shadow-utils

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