[Solved] Error getting authority: PolicyKit1′: timed out (g-dbus-error-quark, 20)

Error:-

Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Failed to activate service ‘org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1’: timed out (g-dbus-error-quark, 20)

Troubleshooting:-

systemctl status polkit
● polkit.service – Authorization Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/polkit.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2019-11-16 09:02:02 EST; 1min 58s ago
Docs: man:polkit(8)
Process: 11321 ExecStart=/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd –no-debug (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 11321 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

systemctl start polkit
Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Timeout was reached (g-io-error-quark, 24)
Failed to start polkit.service: Connection timed out
See system logs and ‘systemctl status polkit.service’ for details.

Solution:-

yum reinstall polkit
OR
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/updates/x86_64/Packages/polkit-0.112-22.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
yum install polkit-0.112-22.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
It will install two other packages as well.
—> Package mozjs17.x86_64 0:17.0.0-20.el7 will be installed
—> Package polkit-pkla-compat.x86_64 0:0.1-4.el7 will be installed
Once installed, start service.
systemctl start polkit
systemctl status polkit
● polkit.service – Authorization Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/polkit.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2019-11-16 09:20:53 EST; 4s ago
Docs: man:polkit(8)
Main PID: 8302 (polkitd)
CGroup: /system.slice/polkit.service
└─8302 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd –no-debug