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Service restart failed : Error getting authority

Hi, i have some serious issue on my centos server, i cannot restart, stop or start any kind of service on my machine for example ( ssh, smb, network ) all of the service throughs the same error as shown below.

[root@localhost ~]# systemctl restart sshd
Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Timeout was reached (g-io-error-quark, 24)
Failed to restart sshd.service: Connection timed out
See system logs and ' systemctl status sshd.service'  for details.

[root@localhost ~]# systemctl restart network
 Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Timeout was reached (g-io-error-quark, 24)
Failed to restart network.service: Connection timed out
See system logs and ' systemctl status network.service'  for details.

[root@localhost ~]#  systemctl restart smb
Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Timeout was reached (g-io-error-quark, 24)
Failed to restart smb.service: Connection timed out
See system logs and ' systemctl status smb.service'  for details.
CentOS Systemctl
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ethenjames
asked Mar 21 2018

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This is an issue with polkit.service so you may try re-installing the package to solve this issue

yum reinstall polkit -y
systemctl start polkit
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lucky
Mar 18 2025
What is the purpose of polkit service?what is the connection that polkit service has to do with services of smb sshd ?
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parthiban
asked Mar 27 2018
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bouquet
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