Unable to login.

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Issue

  • Unable to login as a particular user.

  • Login fails with error messages in /var/log/secure

sshd[12345]: Failed password for raoa from xx.xx.xx.xx port 4080 ssh2
sshd[12346]: fatal: Access denied for user test by PAM account configuration

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • PAM

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