Login issue in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Issue

  • Upon entering the appropriate username and password, the system gets stuck (GUI).
  • Same issue is noticed using CLI mode, when user enters the credentials, the cursor keeps blinking as if waiting for an input. Upon hitting Ctrl+C the terminal gets ready to take further commands.
  • This is only noticed for non root users, root user can login fine to GUI and CLI.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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