I guess this related to selinux policy, please help to take a look: kdump.service 1st time startup will fail with below info Jun 12 23:28:39 localhost kdumpctl[548]: + ldconfig -r /var/tmp/initramfs.Lk6NT4 Jun 12 23:28:39 localhost kdumpctl[548]: ldconfig: Can't create temporary cache file /etc/ld.so.cache~: Permission denied dracut ran cmd like: 'ldconfig -r /var/tmp/foo' in kdump.service I'm seeing below selinux audit log: type=AVC msg=audit(1340070736.339:41): avc: denied { read } for pid=4493 comm="ldconfig" name="lib64" dev="dm-1" ino=2684 scontext=system_u:system_r:ldconfig_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:initrc_tmp_t:s0 tclass=dir type=AVC msg=audit(1340070736.339:42): avc: denied { write } for pid=4493 comm="ldconfig" name="etc" dev="dm-1" ino=2681 scontext=system_u:system_r:ldconfig_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:initrc_tmp_t:s0 tclass=dir type=SERVICE_START msg=audit(1340070736.748:43): pid=0 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg=' comm="kdump" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed'
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 833242 ***