polkitd fails to start

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to start polkitd
polkitd[21443]: Successfully changed to user polkitd
polkitd[21443]: getpwuid_r(): failed due to: Permission denied.
journal: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (998)
polkitd[21443]: g_once_init_leave: assertion 'result != 0' failed

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Polkit

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