Unable to login "Error in service module"

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1

Situation

Unable to login through GUI (runlevel 5) after updating pam-modules to version 11-1.14.1
Trying to login will show the following error: "Error in service module"
Runlevel 3 login works fine

Resolution

To solve this issue perform the following steps:

Reboot server in runlevel 3
Downgrade pam-modules with the following command: "zypper in pam-modules-11-1.6.15"
Select option 1 to downgrade pam-modules
Switch to runlevel 5

A new version of pam-modules (11-1.16.1) will be released shortly that will solve this issue.

Additional Information

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