PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/$ISA/pam_<module>.so)

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

System logs shows the following during user login.

    server01 sshd[8928]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/$ISA/pam.mkhomedir.so)
    server01 sshd[8928]: PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/../../lib/security/pam.mkhomedir.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
    server01 sshd[8928]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/$ISA/pam.mkhomedir.so

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4/5/6
  • pam

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