Error during startup "dbus-daemon: Failed to start message bus: Could not get UID and GID for username 'dbus'."

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Issue

The system reports an error during startup:

dbus-daemon: Failed to start message bus: Could not get UID and GID for username 'dbus'.

This error indicates that the 'dbus-daemon' is unable to initiate because it cannot find the required user ID (UID) and group ID (GID) for the 'dbus' user.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9

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