sudo command fails with an error "sudo: PAM account management error: Module is unknown"

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Issue

  • Got error "sudo: PAM account management error: Module is unknown" after yum update
  • Getting the below error on running the sudo command:
sudo: PAM account management error: Module is unknown

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • sudo
  • pam

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