systemd user manager: "Failed to acquire watch file descriptor: Permission denied" in RHEL 9

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Issue

  • For each login, following error message is logged.

    systemd[xxxxx]: Failed to acquire watch file descriptor: Permission denied

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 or later
  • systemd
  • util-linux libmount

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