RHEL7: systemd - Failed to configure loopback device: Permission denied
Issue
- When a user upgraded a system from RHEL7.0 to RHEL7.1, the following message was logged after a reboot:
Apr 14 04:32:41 systemd: Failed to configure loopback device: Permission denied
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Systemd
- Ipv6
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