Why 'WARNING: Could not get session id for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.' message is logged in /var/log/messages ?

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Issue

  • WARNING: Could not get session id for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
  • Could not get session id for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1

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