Oracle Linux: Users are Unable to Login/SSH Fails with "unable to open /etc/pam.d/password-auth" (Doc ID 2790990.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 02, 2021

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.0 and later
Linux x86-64

Users are unable to login and following messages are logged in /var/log/secure:

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Symptoms

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