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