User Login Fails with "This account is currently not available. Connection to localhost closed" Error on RHEL Server

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • When attempting to log in to a RHEL 9 system using a specific user account (e.g., testuser10), the following error message appears:
This account is currently not available.
Connection to localhost closed.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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