Unable to login after changing default runlevel from 3 to 5

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • After switching our RHEL 6.5 server default runlevel to 5 (id:5:initdefault), we rebooted the server and are unable to login
  • Login prompt shows "Module is unknown" after entering the user name
  • Unable to authenticate using SSH with any user

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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