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Title: systemctl - alias service reports inactive while aliased is active Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in systemd source package in Xenial: In Progress Bug description: [Impact] 'systemctl is-active' command reports an alias service as inactive even though the aliased service is active. Currently the 'systemctl is-active' command does not load units to minimise its effect on the system (i.e. that a monitoring command does not itself alter the state of the system). However, this behaviour leads to inconsistencies when services are aliased. [Test case] - Test case 1 - libvirtd alias service : libvirtd aliased service : libvirt-bin /etc/systemd/system$ ls -la libvirtd.service lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 May 13 20:49 libvirtd.service -> /lib/systemd/system/libvirt-bin.service $ systemctl is-active libvirtd inactive $ systemctl is-active libvirt-bin active - Test case 2 - sshd alias service : sshd aliased service : ssh /ect/systemd/system$ ls -la sshd.service lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Mar 19 19:44 sshd.service -> /lib/systemd/system/ssh.service $ systemctl is-active sshd inactive $ systemctl is-active ssh active [Regression Potential] This fix may result into systemctl reporting inconsistent information concerning the status of a service. [Other] Upstream issue : https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/7875 Upstream fix : https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/7997 Xenial is affected, fix exists on Bionic onward. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS Release: 16.04 $ apt-cache policy systemd systemd: Installed: 229-4ubuntu21.21 Candidate: 229-4ubuntu21.21 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1828892/+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
