pam_systemd(crond:session): Failed to create session: Maximum number of sessions (8192) reached, refusing further sessions.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Received below error in /var/log/secure

    May 21 03:15:01 testdomain.com crond[241599]: pam_systemd(crond:session): Failed to create session: Maximum 
number of sessions (8192) reached, refusing further sessions.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9
  • crond

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