CUPS service does not start in RHEL due to missing groups

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • CUPS does not start
  • CUPS start fails: Process: 485108 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/cupsd -l (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and 8 (and likely other versions as well)
  • Common Unix Printing System, 1.6.3, 2.2.6, etc.

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