PAM unable to dlopen(/usr/lib64/security/pam_example.so)
Issue
- User is unable to authenticate with sudo or ssh
- Below error message is recorded in
/var/log/secure
:
May 22 08:38:39 XXXX login: PAM unable to dlopen(/usr/lib64/security/pam_example.so): /usr/lib64/security/pam_example.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
May 22 08:38:39 XXXX login: PAM adding faulty module: /lib64/security/pam_example.so
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- PAM
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