To supplement the issue I will add more relevant links:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1804847 https://forum.armbian.com/topic/8852-ssh-doesnt-work-on-orange-pi-zero/ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1811580 For me the issue also appeared with 229-4ubuntu21.9. Was fixed with 229-4ubuntu21.10 and now appeared again with 229-4ubuntu21.15. I'm on Armbian with ext4 and have the issue now again. Distribution / Kernel Linux xxx 3.4.113-sun8i #2 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jan 12 15:54:26 CET 2019 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial Output of journalctl -b 0 -u systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd[1]: Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories... Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd-tmpfiles[581]: [/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/var.conf:14] Duplicate line for path "/var/log", ignoring. Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd-tmpfiles[581]: Failed to validate path /var: Bad file descriptor Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd-tmpfiles[581]: Failed to validate path /var/log: Bad file descriptor Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd-tmpfiles[581]: Failed to validate path /var/lib: Bad file descriptor Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd-tmpfiles[581]: Failed to validate path /run/sendsigs.omit.d: Bad file descriptor Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd-tmpfiles[581]: Failed to validate path /home: Bad file descriptor Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd-tmpfiles[581]: Failed to validate path /srv: Bad file descriptor Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd-tmpfiles[581]: Failed to validate path /run/lock/subsys: Bad file descriptor Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd-tmpfiles[581]: Failed to validate path /var/run/lighttpd: Bad file descriptor Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd-tmpfiles[581]: Failed to validate path /var/cache: Bad file descriptor Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd-tmpfiles[581]: Failed to validate path /var/cache/man: Bad file descriptor Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd-tmpfiles[581]: Failed to validate path /run/openvpn: Bad file descriptor Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd[1]: Failed to start Create Volatile Files and Directories. Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Unit entered failed state. Jän 14 11:01:51 xxx systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Affected services: # dnsmasq.service loaded failed failed dnsmasq - A lightweight DHCP and caching DNS server # lighttpd.service loaded failed failed Lighttpd Daemon # openvpn@server.service loaded failed failed OpenVPN connection to server # ssh.service loaded failed failed OpenBSD Secure Shell server # systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service loaded failed failed Create Static Device Nodes in /dev # systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service loaded failed failed Create Volatile Files and Directories -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1804603 Title: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service fails on btrfs Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in systemd source package in Bionic: Fix Released Status in systemd source package in Cosmic: Fix Released Status in systemd source package in Disco: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] * Last security update introduced a regression on btrfs based systems, causing systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service to fail to start, resulting in degraded machines. * Cherrypick upstream fixes to resolve this. [Test Case] * Install VM using btrfs for / * Boot, check that systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service is started successfully with: $ systemctl status systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service [Regression Potential] * btrfs fd doesn't support the set of flags that systemd used, with this patch, a compat set of flags is set instead, thus resolving the introduced regression. The worst case scenario is that creating subvolumes/directories is still broken (as in, the current status quo). [Other Info] * Example bad output After update to systemd 237-3ubuntu10.9 systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service fails with: Nov 21 13:44:12 node-blc49 systemd[1]: Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories... Nov 21 13:44:12 node-blc49 systemd-tmpfiles[1226]: Failed to create directory or subvolume "/var": Bad file descriptor Nov 21 13:44:12 node-blc49 systemd-tmpfiles[1226]: Failed to create directory or subvolume "/home": Bad file descriptor Nov 21 13:44:12 node-blc49 systemd-tmpfiles[1226]: Failed to create directory or subvolume "/srv": Bad file descriptor Nov 21 13:44:12 node-blc49 systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Nov 21 13:44:12 node-blc49 systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Nov 21 13:44:12 node-blc49 systemd[1]: Failed to start Create Volatile Files and Directories. This happens on btrfs root filesystems in real hardware and on our virtualized servers as well. 237-3ubuntu10.6 didnt show this errors and going back to 237-3ubuntu10 removes them as well. # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Release: 18.04 # apt-cache policy systemd systemd: Installiert: 237-3ubuntu10.9 Installationskandidat: 237-3ubuntu10.9 Versionstabelle: *** 237-3ubuntu10.9 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 237-3ubuntu10 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1804603/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
