[Pkg-sssd-devel] Bug#854354: Bug#854354: sssd prevents system booting up

[Timo Aaltonen]

forcemerge 854048 854354
thanks

On 06.02.2017 12:49, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> Package: sssd
> Version: 1.50.0-2
> Severity: grave
> 
> I updated my stretch system this morning which led to it failing to
> reach a login prompt; the system would start up and then avahi-daemon,
> ModemManager and NetworkManager would all fail to start, then
> systemd-logind would fail. This repeated in a continuous loop. Initially
> suspecting ModemManager or NetworkManager I tried removing them (the
> machine has wired ethernet, configured via /etc/network/interfaces), but
> this did not help.
> 
> Looking at the errors provided by systemd in my logs led me to:
> 
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/02/msg00025.html
> 
> which provided the clue I needed to try downgrading ssd from 1.15.0-2
> (which was pulled in by the update this morning) to 1.14.2-1 (the
> previously installed version). The machine subquently rebooted cleanly.
> 
> A coworker's machine was similiarly affected, and the same solution
> worked there.

This is now fixed in 1.15.0-3 which had to wait for -2 to migrate first.

Sorry for the inconvenience, the easiest way to restore sanity while you
wait for -3 is to remove /etc/systemd/system/sssd.service.wants.


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