Not able to login into server even as root. /var/log/secure gives an error 'FAILED LOGIN SESSION FROM tty1 FOR root, Permission denied'

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to login with root user.
  • Getting FAILED LOGIN SESSION FROM tty1 FOR root, Permission denied error while log in with root user.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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