Unable to use a password with consecutive tilde symbols (~)

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • RHEL is not properly handling my password with two tildes
  • My password has two tildes, but the system only recognizes when I use one to log in

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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