SSH fails with "error: PAM: pam_open_session(): System error"
Issue
- Cannot log into the system using SSH.
- We see "error: PAM: pam_open_session(): System error" in the secure logs.
- After modifying PAM, we cannot log into the system through SSH.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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