yum update hangs with dbus-daemon failure
Issue
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While running
yum update, it hangs when a service attempts to reload or restartdbus-daemon. -
You may see the following error messages in
/var/log/messages:
Jul 09 08:13:35 <hostname> dbus[833]: [system] Unable to reload configuration: Configuration file needs one or more <listen> elements giving addresses
Jul 09 08:13:35 <hostname> dbus-daemon[833]: dbus[833]: [system] Unable to reload configuration: Configuration file needs one or more <listen> elements giving addresses
Jul 09 08:13:35 <hostname> dbus-daemon[833]: Unable to reload configuration: Configuration file needs one or more <listen> elements giving addresses
busctlcommand throws the following error message.
# busctl
Failed to connect to bus: Connection refused
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5
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