Service fails to start with error message "failed to run 'start' task: File exists"
Issue
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Sometimes, a service cannot start and prints the message shown below in the journal
systemd[1]: <name of service unit>.service failed to run 'start' task: File exists
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
- systemd
- Lack of free PIDs on the system
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