Cannot start services on CentOS 7

Question

Suddenly, I cannot start services on my VPS(CentOS 7). For example,

service httpd start
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start  httpd.service
Authorization not available. Check if polkit service is running or see debug message for more information.
Failed to start httpd.service: Connection timed out
See system logs and 'systemctl status httpd.service' for details.

This is probably because the domain name I used as the host name has expired. I do not know the logic behind the service command. I start httpd, why does it invoke polkit service? The polkit service is also dead and cannot be started. The "service polkit status -l" command shows a message:

Lost the name org.freedesktop.PolcyKit1 - exiting

How to solve the problem?

what does `systemctl start httpd` return? – Tom Sep 13 '20 at 13:12 — Tom, Sep 13 '20 at 13:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 13 '20 at 15:07

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You need to use sudo

[user@localhost ~]$ sudo systemctl start httpd

or login as root

[root@localhost ~]# systemctl start httpd

in order to start and stop services.

answered Sep 13 '20 at 15:07

Michael Hampton

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I am also having this problem, however I still get the same error message even when as root. Do you have any suggestions? – rnoodle Feb 04 '21 at 16:34
@rnoodle Click the Ask Question button. – Michael Hampton Feb 04 '21 at 16:36

Cannot start services on CentOS 7

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