Application user fail to authenticate using pam_timestamp with an error "cannot open timestamp `/var/run/sudo/root/ssh:<user>': No such file or directory"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Authentication failure when using pam_timestamp.so module.
  • pam_timestamp.so module not able to authenticate application user with error "cannot open timestamp `/var/run/sudo/root/ssh:': No such file or directory"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • PAM

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