Login fails for non-root users with error message "passwd: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_tally.so)
Issue
- Installed new RHEL 5.5 64 bit machines via kickstart file used for other 32-bit installs. After installation on 64 bit machines normal users are unable to login and these messages are reported in
/var/log/secure
passwd: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_tally.so)
Jun 23 13:06:47 hostname1 passwd: PAM [error: /lib/security/pam_tally.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32]
- pam_tally entries in
/etc/pam.d/system-authfile
auth required /lib/security/pam\_tally.so onerr=fail no_magic_root
account required /lib/security/pam\_tally.so deny=3 reset no_magic_root per_user
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86_64)
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