Unable to boot system getting "Failed to adjust resource limit RLIMIT_NOFILE: Operation not permitted" error

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to boot the system getting below errors on console.
[FAILED] Failed to start Remount Root and Kernel File Systems.
See 'systemctl status systemd-remount-fs.service' for details.
[FAILED] Failed to mount Kernel Debug File System.
See 'systemctl status sys-kernel-debug.mount' for details.
         Starting Load/Save Random Seed...
         Starting Create Static Device Nodes in /dev...
[  OK  ] Reached target Swap.
[   10.245923] systemd[572]: systemd-random-seed.service: Failed to adjust resource limit RLIMIT_NOFILE: Operation not permitted
[   10.251104] systemd[573]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service: Failed to adjust resource limit RLIMIT_NOFILE: Operation not permitted
[FAILED] Failed to start Load/Save Random Seed.
See 'systemctl status systemd-random-seed.service' for details.
[FAILED] Failed to start Create Static Device Nodes in /dev.
See 'systemctl status systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service' for details.
[   10.291816] systemd[577]: systemd-udev-trigger.service: Failed to adjust resource limit RLIMIT_NOFILE: Operation not permitted

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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