Unable to login to Cockpit. "Permission denied"

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Issue

  • All logins give a "permission denied" message
  • Unable to login to gui - error "could not set limit for 'nofile': Operation not permitted
  • Unable to login to gui - error "could not set limit for 'core': Permission
    denied

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3

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