Executing crontab records an error "PAM pam_end: NULL pam handle passed" on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Issue

  • When exceuting the command crontab, the error below is seen in /var/log/cron:

    PAM pam_end: NULL pam handle passed
    
  • The issue occurs after updating to cronie-1.4.11-17.el7

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • cronie-1.4.11-17.el7

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