Sudo access failed with error - sudo: pam_open_session: Module is unknown

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Accessing the node and the pods scheduled on the node using oc debug command with sudo privilege failed with the below error,
sudo: pam_open_session: Module is unknown
sudo: policy plugin failed session initialization

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

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