Hi, the short version of my problem is this, happening on a fairly fresh stable system:
# systemctl start user@1000.service Job for user@1000.service failed because the service did not take the steps required by its unit configuration. See "systemctl status user@1000.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. # systemctl status user@1000.service ● user@1000.service - User Manager for UID 1000 Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/user@.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: protocol) since Fri 2021-04-23 00:38:59 CEST; 9s ago Docs: man:user@.service(5) Process: 20895 ExecStart=/lib/systemd/systemd --user (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 20895 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Apr 23 00:38:59 example.com systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 1000... Apr 23 00:38:59 example.com systemd[20895]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user jrspieker by (uid=0) Apr 23 00:38:59 example.com systemd[20895]: Failed to create /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/init.scope control group: Permission denied Apr 23 00:38:59 example.com systemd[20895]: Failed to allocate manager object: Permission denied Apr 23 00:38:59 example.com systemd[1]: user@1000.service: Failed with result 'protocol'. Apr 23 00:38:59 example.com systemd[1]: Failed to start User Manager for UID 1000. This happens during login via SSH for UID 1000 as well as other user IDs. I do not see any bad effect except the log spam. I straced this and think here is the root of the problem: 16971 stat("/sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/user.slice/user-112.slice/user@112.service", 0x7ffd5f215640) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) This is due to: # ls -ld /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/ drwx------ 5 root root 0 Mar 21 23:58 /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/ I have a different buster system where this directory is mode 555 (yes, not writable by anybody) and that systemd does bot exhibit the behavior above. It appears to be working if I just chmod the directory. What/who is responsible for the proper permissions of that sysfs directory? J. -- I wear a lot of leather but would never wear fur. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://archive.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
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