systemd cause "user-runtime-dir@<USERID>.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'." error

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Issue

  • When executing commands with cron, sshd, or su, systemd sometimes cause error logs like this:

    Nov 30 10:05:01 rhel8 systemd[1]: user-runtime-dir@<USERID>.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'.
Nov 30 10:05:01 rhel8 systemd[1]: Failed to start User runtime directory /run/user/<USERID>.
Nov 30 10:05:01 rhel8 systemd[1]: Dependency failed for User Manager for UID <USERID>.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and later
    • systemd
    • cron, su, sudo or sshd sessions

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