Red Hat Satellite or Capsule Server installation fails with Ipc::Mem::Segment::create failed to shm_open(/squid-cf__metadata.shm): (13) Permission denied while starting squid service.

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Issue

  • Red Hat Satellite or Capsule Server installation fails due to issue of starting squid service with error mentioned below:

    Error: Ipc::Mem::Segment::create failed to shm_open(/squid-cf__metadata.shm): (13) Permission denied" While perfoming capsule 
    installation:
    
  • Squid service fails to start successfully on existing Satellite or Capsule server.

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6
  • Red Hat Capsule 6

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