Audit.log is reporting acct=(unknown) for ssh attempt

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

When attempting to ssh with an unknown/invalid user name, /var/log/audit/audit.log reports acct=(unknown).

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • pam
  • auditd

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