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Description of problem:

When /var/run is not a symlink to /run, this was a huge issue on RHEL7 (d-bus not operational, lots of service failing, see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3550072). With RHEL8, everything works fine except polkit which doesn't start:

Jun 04 11:20:44 vm-rhel8 polkitd[1347]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
Jun 04 11:20:44 vm-rhel8 polkitd[1347]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d
Jun 04 11:20:44 vm-rhel8 polkitd[1347]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 2 rules
Jun 04 11:20:44 vm-rhel8 polkitd[1347]: Lost the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 - exiting

The consequence is NetworkManager not starting and remaining in "activating" state and showing the error below:

Jun 04 12:05:58 vm-rhel8 NetworkManager[2048]: <error> [1559642758.0672] pacrunner: failed to create D-Bus proxy for pacrunner: Could not connect: No such file or directory


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

polkit-0.115-6.el8.x86_64


How reproducible:

Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Delete symlink from /var/run to /run

  # cd /var
  # rm run
  # mkdir run

2. Reboot

Actual results:

polkit fails to start, NetworkManager remains in 'activating' state

After evaluating this issue, there are no plans to address it further or fix it in an upcoming release.  Therefore, it is being closed.  If plans change such that this issue will be fixed in an upcoming release, then the bug can be reopened.