sudo fails with error "sudo: unknown user: root"
Issue
Users cannot run sudo command, if fails with error:
$ sudo su
sudo: unknown user: root
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin
User root can not login.
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, 7, 8
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