sshd: pam_access(sshd:account): access denied for user , pam_access module (4256870)

ssh and potentially other services are failing with the following seen in syslog:

sshd: pam_access(sshd:account): access denied for user

The pam_access module is using the following file and the file is configured to only allow access for certain users.

 /etc/security/access.conf

Also, in /etc/pam.d/system-auth (or equivalent) this line can be found:

account   required   pam_access.so

To test this is the issue you are running into you can comment out the following lines in the associated pam configuration files and test:

#account   required   pam_access.so

Also,

You can also comment out the configured lines in: /etc/security/access.conf and test.

If the access.conf file is no longer required then leaving either the pam configs or the access.conf file commented out is a valid resolution.