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Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Could not connect: No such file or directory

When I was using the Intranet GitLAB warehouse this morning, I found that the page could not be opened and SSH could not be connected.
Connected to the monitor in the machine room, the following errors were found:

Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Could not connect: No such file or directory (g-io-error-quark, 1)


Enter the root password to enter the shell interface.
As prompted, use the command to view the log

# journalctl -xb -p3
-- Logs begin at Tue 2017-09-05 09:34:14 CST, end at Tue 2017-09-05 10:15:57 CST. --
.... Omitted content
Sep 05 09:34:18 localhost.localdomain kernel: :megaswr[ahci]: polling for interrupt status timed out for port=1, slot=0
Sep 05 09:34:18 localhost.localdomain kernel: :megasr[ahci]: warning PortReset called for port[1]
Sep 05 09:34:18 localhost.localdomain kernel: :megasr[ahci]: device on port:[1] online:[0x133] [0] milliseconds after reset
Sep 05 09:34:25 localhost.localdomain kernel: :megaswr[ahci]: polling for interrupt status timed out for port=1, slot=0
Sep 05 09:34:25 localhost.localdomain kernel: :megaswr[ahci]:Trouble port=1, slot=0
Sep 05 09:34:25 localhost.localdomain kernel: :megaswr[osl]: breakpoint called
Sep 05 09:34:25 localhost.localdomain kernel: :megasr[ahci]: Device:[2:INTEL SSDSC2BW48] NCQ:[Yes] Queue Depth:[0x20] capacity=0x37e436b0
Sep 05 09:34:25 localhost.localdomain kernel: :megasr[ahci]: Device:[3:INTEL SSDSC2BW48] NCQ:[Yes] Queue Depth:[0x20] capacity=0x37e436b0
Sep 05 09:34:25 localhost.localdomain kernel: :megasr[ahci]: Device:[4:ST9500620NS     ] NCQ:[Yes] Queue Depth:[0x20] capacity=0x3a386030
Sep 05 09:34:25 localhost.localdomain kernel: :megasr[ahci]: Device:[5:ST9500620NS     ] NCQ:[Yes] Queue Depth:[0x20] capacity=0x3a386030
Sep 05 09:34:25 localhost.localdomain kernel: :megasr: raid 10 logical drive is degraded, is not initialized, has 2 spans, and has a size of 0x6f869000 sectors
Sep 05 09:34:25 localhost.localdomain kernel: :megasr: raid 1 logical drive is online, is not initialized, has 2 drives, and has a size of 0x3a175800 sectors.
Sep 05 09:34:25 localhost.localdomain kernel: :megasr[raid_key]: [ ] RAID5 support    [ ] SAS drive support
Sep 05 09:35:57 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device dev-sdc1.device.

In the logs, you see a problem with the Dev-SDC1 device.
View disk partitions

# fdisk  -l

Disk /dev/sdb: 499.0 GB, 498999492608 bytes, 974608384 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes/512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes/512 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xfcae2784

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1            2048  1949216767   974607360   83  Linux
WARNING: fdisk GPT support is currently new, and therefore in an experimental phase. Use at your own discretion.

Disk /dev/sda: 958.0 GB, 957997907968 bytes, 1871089664 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes/512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes/512 bytes
Disk label type: gpt


#         Start          End    Size  Type            Name
 1         2048       411647    200M  EFI System      EFI System Partition
 2       411648       821247    200M  Microsoft basic 
 3       821248   1871087615  891.8G  Linux LVM       

Disk /dev/mapper/cl-root: 946.8 GB, 946834767872 bytes, 1849286656 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes/512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes/512 bytes


Disk /dev/mapper/cl-swap: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes, 20971520 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes/512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes/512 bytes

Obviously, the SDC is gone. I just remember that when I installed the system, I inserted an extra USB flash disk. At that time, the USB flash disk was identified as SDB and this disk was identified as SDC.
Check out fSTAB to prove it.

# cat /etc/fstab 

#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Tue Aug  8 13:10:48 2017
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under ‘/dev/disk‘
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
#
/dev/mapper/cl-root    /                      xfs     defaults        0 0
UUID=a51fd6f8-a756-4e8f-ba44-5589fb99861e /boot                   xfs     defaults        0 0
UUID=7D74-6C54          /boot/efi               vfat    umask=0077,shortname=winnt 0 0
/dev/mapper/cl-swap     swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/sdc1 /data ext4 defaults 0 0

It looks like you are changing the name of the disk you are writing to UUID.

# blkid 
/dev/sdc1: UUID="ab4c28b5-1708-483c-973a-40f91d320a9d" TYPE="ext4" 
...

The modified FSTAB is

# cat /etc/fstab 

#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Tue Aug  8 13:10:48 2017
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under ‘/dev/disk‘
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
#
/dev/mapper/cl-root    /                      xfs     defaults        0 0
UUID=a51fd6f8-a756-4e8f-ba44-5589fb99861e /boot                   xfs     defaults        0 0
UUID=7D74-6C54          /boot/efi               vfat    umask=0077,shortname=winnt 0 0
/dev/mapper/cl-swap     swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
UUID=ab4c28b5-1708-483c-973a-40f91d320a9d /data ext4 defaults 0 0

Try to restart daemon, same error still pops up.

# systemctl daemon-reload
Error getting authority. Error initializing authority: Could not connect: No such file or directory  (g-io-error-quark, 1)

Exit the shell and the error pops up again.

Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Could not connect: No such file or directory (g-io-error-quark, 1)

Never mind, wait a few seconds, the system is ready to start normally.