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 Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1804603 Title: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service fails on btrfs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1804603/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs