On 2019-08-14, Reco <recovery...@enotuniq.net> wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 08:58:56AM +0200, Sven Hartge wrote: >> Reco <recovery...@enotuniq.net> wrote: >> >> > 1) libpam-systemd, loginctl and friends. >> > Useful for a workstation, useless for a server. >> >> I wouldn't go this far. libpam-systemd and loginctl can be useful on a >> server, depening on its job and role. > > Let me rephrase. On a typical database server, file server, DNS server > and/or web server - libpam-systemd is virtually useless. > The reason for this is - all interactive user logins are used for > management tasks, not running resource-consuming programs.
There's actually a bug report concerning this very issue (well, the OP issue as it stood before the inevitable thread bifurcation), which explains the why, if not the how. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=805449 > Reco > > -- “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
