Timesyncd: Failed to allocate manager

Rocky Linux General
1

When I try to start service systemd-timesyncd.service got this error:

systemd-timesyncd[1860]: Failed to allocate manager: Permission denied
systemd[1]: systemd-timesyncd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

I fresh install Rocky Linux 9, and my changes:

  1. disable ipv6
  2. reboot
  3. remove chrony
  4. install systemd-timesyncd
  5. reboot PC and service systemd-timesyncd fail to startup

From logs:

Oct 04 13:59:14 rockylinux systemd[1]: Starting Network Time Synchronization...
Subject: A start job for unit systemd-timesyncd.service has begun execution
Defined-By: systemd
Support: https://access.redhat.com/support
 
A start job for unit systemd-timesyncd.service has begun execution.
 
The job identifier is 1073.
Oct 04 13:59:14 rockylinux systemd-timesyncd[1418]: Failed to allocate manager: Permission denied
Oct 04 13:59:14 rockylinux systemd[1]: systemd-timesyncd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
 Subject: Unit process exited
 Defined-By: systemd
 Support: https://access.redhat.com/support
 
An ExecStart= process belonging to unit systemd-timesyncd.service has exited.
 
The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
Oct 04 13:59:14 rockylinux systemd[1]: systemd-timesyncd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
2

Any idea or tips how to fix this? :thinking:

3

Hi,

Does temporarily disabling selinux, let timesyncd start?

Thanks Tom.