RHEL: "sssd: Cannot load configuration database" in syslog when starting sssd

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Issue

Unable to start sssd on Red Hat Enterprise Linux soon after installation. Error message in /var/log/messages is:

sssd: Cannot load configuration database

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with sssd 1.5.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with sssd 1.9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with sssd 1.11

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