pam_securid.so is busy, not able to remove/replace

3 years ago

Originally Published: 2018-08-23

Article Number

000041245

Applies To

RSA Product Set: SecurID
RSA Product/Service Type: RSA-SecurID-Authentication-Agent-for-PAM
RSA Agent Version/Condition: 7.x, 8.x

Issue

pam_securid.so is busy, not able to remove/replace

pam_securid.so is busy, not able to remove/replace’

Cause

pam_securid.so is not thread-safe, and hence the issue.

Workaround

To workaround this issue, the administrator will have to login with tools other than ssh (rlogin, ftp or telnet) and remove pam_securid.so

Notes

Thread safety (or a thread-safe application) ensures that this application can be accessed simultaneosuly by several different threads seamlessly without issues. However, according to the "RSA Authentication Agent 7.1 for PAM—Installation and Configuration Guide for RHEL", the following error is thrown when the PAM agent is attempted to be upgraded or uninstalled, and to work around this, the administrator will have to login with tools other than ssh and remove pam_securid.so:

"pam_securid.so is busy, not able to remove/replace"

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