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Can Not Login or "su" With Error: "Resource temporarily unavailable" (Doc ID 2732108.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Login or su to a partical user some time fail.

The logs show the following error:

Nov 12 16:41:31 <HOSTNAME> su[15760]: pam_unix(su-l:auth): authentication failure; logname=<RUSER> uid=<UUID> euid=0 tty=pts/3 ruser=<RUSER> rhost=  user=<USER>
Nov 12 16:41:32 <HOSTNAME> su[15760]: pam_krb5[15760]: error reading keytab 'FILE:/etc/krb5.keytab'
Nov 12 16:41:32 <HOSTNAME> su[15760]: pam_krb5[15760]: TGT verified
Nov 12 16:41:32 <HOSTNAME> su[15763]: pam_krb5[15763]: error creating ccache using pattern "FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_6804_XXXXXX"
Nov 12 16:41:32 <HOSTNAME> su[15763]: pam_krb5[15763]: error creating ccache for user "<USER>"
Nov 12 16:41:32 <HOSTNAME> su[15760]: pam_krb5[15760]: authentication succeeds for '<USER>' (<USER>@<DOMAIN>)
Nov 12 16:41:32 <HOSTNAME> su[15760]: (to <USER>) <RUSER> on pts/3
Nov 12 16:41:32 <HOSTNAME> su[15764]: pam_krb5[15764]: error running helper "//usr/lib64/security/pam_krb5/pam_krb5_cchelper": Resource temporarily unavailable       <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Nov 12 16:41:32 <HOSTNAME> su[15760]: pam_krb5[15760]: error creating ccache using pattern "KEYRING:persistent:6804"           
Nov 12 16:41:32 <HOSTNAME> su[15760]: pam_krb5[15760]: error creating ccache for user "<USER>"

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Cause

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