What causes the rtkit-daemon warning message(PolicyKit call failed: Unix process subject does not have uid set) to occur periodically?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • The rtkit-daemon log occurs periodically in the file "/var/log/messages" as shown below.
Jan 15 20:39:00 XXXXXXX rtkit-daemon[XXXX]: Warning: PolicyKit call failed: Unix process subject does not have uid set
Jan 15 20:40:09 XXXXXXX rtkit-daemon[XXXX]: Warning: PolicyKit call failed: Unix process subject does not have uid set
Jan 16 08:39:00 XXXXXXX rtkit-daemon[XXXX]: Warning: PolicyKit call failed: Unix process subject does not have uid set
  • Ask if it is okay to ignore this log message.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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