systemd-tmpfiles generates errors on boot due to wheel and adm groups not existing in the initrd

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Issue

  • systemd-tmpfiles generates with the default config messages like this:
systemd-tmpfiles[112]: Failed to parse ACL "d:group:adm:r-x,d:group:wheel:r-x": Invalid argument. Ignoring
systemd-tmpfiles[112]: Failed to parse ACL "group:adm:r-x,group:wheel:r-x": Invalid argument. Ignoring
systemd-tmpfiles[112]: Failed to parse ACL "d:group:adm:r-x,d:group:wheel:r-x": Invalid argument. Ignoring
systemd-tmpfiles[112]: Failed to parse ACL "group:adm:r-x,group:wheel:r-x": Invalid argument. Ignoring

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
  • systemd-219-19.el7

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