Unable to select minimal profile of authselect

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Attempting to select minimal profile of authselect as instructed in Product Documentation1. However, authselect returns below error:

  • authselect returns Unable to get profile information error:

    # authselect select minimal
    [error] Unable to get profile information [2]: No such file or directory
    
  • minimal profile is absence from profile list:

    # authselect list
    - nis         Enable NIS for system authentication
    - sssd        Enable SSSD for system authentication (also for local users only)
    - winbind     Enable winbind for system authentication
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    • authselect

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