crontab command is failing with an error message "You (user) are not allowed to access to (crontab) because of pam configuration."

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Why does crontab command fail with an error message "You (user) are not allowed to access to (crontab) because of pam configuration."?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (All Versions)
  • crond
  • pam

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