"SU" command fails with an error "could not open session"

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Issue

  • "SU" command fails with an error "could not open session"

  • It throws below error messages in /var/log/messages

Jun 29 12:30:39 hostname su: PAM [dlerror: /lib64/security/pam_vas3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
Jun 29 12:30:39 hostname su: PAM adding faulty module: /lib64/security/pam_vas3.so

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • VAS

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