Machine config daemon stuck due to not writing through dangling symlink ''/etc/machine-config-daemon/orig/etc/issue.mcdorig'"

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

Machine config daemon for a node is stuck due to:

2021-06-07T19:02:17.016999923Z I0607 19:02:17.016968 1740528 update.go:1399] Writing file "/etc/issue"
2021-06-07T19:02:17.018408416Z E0607 19:02:17.018372 1740528 writer.go:135] Marking Degraded due to: creating orig file for "/etc/issue": cp: not writing through dangling symlink '/etc/machine-config-daemon/orig/etc/issue.mcdorig'
2021-06-07T19:02:17.018408416Z : exit status 1

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
    • 4.6

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