Why is file /var/log/tallylog present in RHEL 9?

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Why does RHEL 9 create file /var/log/tallylog when pam_tally2 is not available?
# ls -l /var/log/ | tail -5
-rw-------. 1 root   root        0 Sep  4 10:11 spooler-20231025
-rw-------. 1 root   root        0 Oct 25 14:20 spooler-20231102
drwxr-x---. 2 sssd   sssd        6 Jan 16  2023 sssd
-rw-------. 1 root   root        0 Apr  6  2023 tallylog
-rw-rw-r--. 1 root   utmp    33408 Nov  2 14:26 wtmp

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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