Question
Error systemctl start smbd.service
- Posted on January 9, 2021
- System ToolsUbuntu 16.04
Asked by dnsmironov
During executing systemctl start smbd.service i received message
“Failed to start smbd.service: The name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 was not provided by any .service files”
apt-get install policykit-1
during installation i see
“/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d returned 101, not running ‘restart polkitd.service’”
Do you have some ideas how avoid of fix it?
Thx.
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Hi @dnsmironov,
Are you by any chance trying to run these commands with another user and not root? If yes, you’ll need to use sudo.
Additionally, try to re-install policykit-1, it seems like it might have some leftover files which are making these errors.
Regards, KFSys