Before doing so, is there anything I should be aware of like the consequence of such editing and restarting?
You wrote reboot or restart, reboot you mean VPS and restart you mean systemd-logind service? Ofcourse I prefer to restart the service only and not the whole vps, is there a recommended way to do it without breaking anything? I ask because during my searches for the problem, I read that it should be done with cautious. Thanks -- 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/1863228 Title: loginctl list-sessions shows ghost sessions that are never completely closed Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I setup a new VPS with ubuntu 18.04.4, including virtualmin/usermin. In auth.log I see a lot of su[12936]: Successful su for domain by root su[12936]: + ??? root:domain systemd-logind[148]: New session c315 of user domain . su[12936]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user domain by (uid=0) su[12936]: pam_unix(su:session): session closed for user domain in syslog, I see a lot of systemd[1]: Started Session c314 of user domain. systemd[1]: Started Session c315 of user domain. domain is the user of my virtual server defined in the VPS. c314/c315 increased by 1 each time, every 5 minutes (see explanation below). When running `loginctl list-sessions` those sessions number grow as "active=yes" and "state=closing" and never disappear from the list. a random session as an example: loginctl session-status c315 c315 - domain (1000) Since: Sat 2020-02-08 20:27:08 UTC; 23h ago Leader: 12936 TTY: ??? Remote: user root Service: su; type tty; class user State: closing Unit: session-c315.scope I did a simple test: logged in with ssh, logged out (exit) and re- logged in. I saw 2 sessions in loginctl list-sessions and the previous one, which I obviously closed, never disappeared from the list. as a "bonus": Virtualmin apparently open/close a session for the virtual server user to do its stuff causing the number of ghost sessions to grow forever... I posted this question in server fault, askubuntu, ubuntuforums and virtualmin - no one knew what to tell me. I have no idea what/where to look for... Please advice :) Thanks in advance. FWIW: Someone from virtualmin forum told me that he had a similar problem with debian 9 and it was fixed in debian 10. After a boot I see this, maybe related? Feb 13 06:39:48 domain systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 1000... Feb 13 06:39:48 domain systemd[636]: Failed to create /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/init.scope control group: Permission denied Feb 13 06:39:48 domain systemd[636]: Failed to allocate manager object: Permission denied Feb 13 06:39:48 domain systemd[1]: user@1000.service: Failed with result 'protocol'. Feb 13 06:39:48 domain systemd[1]: Failed to start User Manager for UID 1000 lsb_release -a; uname -a; grep 1000 /etc/passwd No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic Linux domain.com 4.15.0 #1 SMP Mon Dec 9 19:36:21 MSK 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux domain:x:1000:1000::/home/domain:/bin/bash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1863228/+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
