Unable to start uuidd.service
Issue
- uuid.service can't be started, the status is seen as:
# systemctl status uuidd.service
● uuidd.service - Daemon for generating UUIDs
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/uuidd.service; indirect; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Sat 2016-11-12 15:42:10 CET; 49s ago
Process: 31207 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/uuidd --socket-activation (code=exited, status=217/USER)
Main PID: 31207 (code=exited, status=217/USER)
May 13 15:42:10 server systemd[1]: Started Daemon for generating UUIDs.
May 13 15:42:10 server systemd[1]: Starting Daemon for generating UUIDs...
May 13 15:42:10 server systemd[1]: uuidd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=217/USER
May 13 15:42:10 server systemd[1]: Unit uuidd.service entered failed state.
May 13 15:42:10 server systemd[1]: uuidd.service failed.
May 13 15:42:10 server systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for uuidd.service
May 13 15:42:10 server systemd[1]: Failed to start Daemon for generating UUIDs.
May 13 15:42:10 server systemd[1]: uuidd.service failed.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x
- uuidd-2.23.2-26.el7_2.3.x86_64
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