Unable to start CUPS in RHEL due to configuration file permissions problems

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Issue

  • Message "Unable to open '/etc/cups/cupsd.conf': Permission denied" while starting cups.service
  • Unable to start cups with "unable to read /etc/cups/cupsd.conf" message

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 & 7
  • SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux) enabled

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