polkit service failed

Solution Verified - Updated -

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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