polkit service failed
Issue
- Polkit service is not starting showing the below failed status:
# systemctl status polkit.service
● polkit.service - Authorization Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/polkit.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Fri 2022-06-03 15:04:24 WIB; 12min ago
Docs: man:polkit(8)
Process: 8316 ExecStart=/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug (code=killed, signal=TERM)
Main PID: 8316 (code=killed, signal=TERM)
Jun 03 15:02:54 systemd[1]: Starting Authorization Manager...
Jun 03 15:02:54 polkitd[8316]: Started polkitd version 0.112
Jun 03 15:04:24 systemd[1]: polkit.service start operation timed out. Terminating.
Jun 03 15:04:24 systemd[1]: Failed to start Authorization Manager.
Jun 03 15:04:24 systemd[1]: Unit polkit.service entered failed state.
Jun 03 15:04:24 systemd[1]: polkit.service failed.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Polkit
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