Cannot log into system, receiving PAM errors in /var/log/secure

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Issue

  • When attempting to log into system as root there is a failure and system returns to login prompt
  • PAM error messages in /var/log/secure read:
Nov 15 12:09:41 devsys login: PAM [dlerror: /lib64/security/pam_linux.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
Nov 15 12:09:41 devsys login: PAM adding faulty module: /lib64/security/pam_linux.so

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.9

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