httpd.service fails to start with "AH00024: Couldn't set permissions on the rewrite-map mutex; check User and Group directives".

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Issue

  • httpd.service fails to start with "AH00024: Couldn't set permissions on the rewrite-map mutex; check User and Group directives".

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • httpd

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