Hello,
as part of some startup scripts, a password is asked via "systemd-ask-password
--no-tty".
If a wrong password in provided via "systemd-tty-ask-password-agent",
"systemd-ask-password --no-tty" will ask again and write a broadcast to all terminals,
therefore the admin is informed to retry.
Since Trixie, this does not work via SSH anymore.
----- bookworm -----
# systemd-ask-password --no-tty --timeout 1 foobar
Broadcast message from root@host (Thu 2026-10-15 07:38:06 CEST):
Password entry required for 'foobar' (PID 1777541).
Please enter password with the systemd-tty-ask-password-agent tool.
Failed to query password: Timer expired
#
----- trixie -----
# systemd-ask-password --no-tty --timeout 1 foobar
Failed to query password: Timer expired
#
-----
There is even a service, that seems to be responsible for those messages, but
that does not seem to be helping.
----- trixie -----
# systemctl status systemd-ask-password-wall.service
● systemd-ask-password-wall.service - Forward Password Requests to Wall
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-ask-password-wall.service;
static)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2026-10-15 07:11:06 CEST; 28min ago
[...]
# systemctl status systemd-ask-password-wall.path
● systemd-ask-password-wall.path - Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory
Watch
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-ask-password-wall.path;
static)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2026-10-05 06:04:00 CEST; 1 week 3 days
ago
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I found these bugs, that seem to be related:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1115259
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1087642
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1075733
Can anyone test, if this problem exists in testing/unstable as well?
The Problem is NOT present in archlinux using systemd 262-1. It works just
fine, there.
Can anyone test this in unstable? I'd like to know if it is a problem specific to Debian
or systemd. I would assume, systemd's service doing it's job, when they killed "the
wall".
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/24971
If it is a Debian specific problem, I would hope to find some configuration,
that just needs to be done.
Kind Regards
Steffen
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