Console login fails with error "Login incorrect" without prompting for password

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • While trying to login after entering username it is not showing password prompt, it directly shows Login Incorrect

  • User authentication fails on console with below errors observed in secure logs :

Jul 11 00:40:23 testserver login[8821]: FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM tty1 FOR root, Authentication failure
Jul 11 00:40:23 testserver login[8821]: FAILED LOGIN 2 FROM tty1 FOR (unknown), Authentication failure
Jul 11 00:40:23 testserver login[8821]: FAILED LOGIN SESSION FROM tty1 FOR (unknown), Authentication failure

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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