Errors like "Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Timeout was reached (g-io-error-quark, 24)" are seen when trying to start/stop services
Issue
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The below output is seen while trying to stop/start a service:
# systemctl stop firewalld Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Timeout was reached (g-io-error-quark, 24) Failed to stop firewalld.service: Connection timed out See system logs and 'systemctl status firewalld.service' for details. Failed to get load state of firewalld.service: Connection timed out -
Several services fails to start.
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Setting hostname fails as well
# hostnamectl set-hostname hostname
Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Timeout was reached (g-io-error-quark, 24)
Could not set property: Connection timed out
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- SELinux enforcing
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