Bug#765101: systemd: systemctl -t <...> fails to list units, access denied

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Mon Oct 13 17:24:40 BST 2014


Am 13.10.2014 um 18:12 schrieb Dominique Brazziel:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 215-5+b1
> Severity: normal
> 
>     When running as non-root, systemctl -t {...} (i.e. systemctl -t socket)
> fails with access denied:
> 
>     systemctl -t socket
>     Failed to list units:  Access denied.
> 
> Systemd journal shows dbus rejected the send messages.  Attached are the
> rejection messages showing the send to destination 'org.freedesktop.systemd1'
> on interface 'org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager' calling method 'ListUnitsFiltered'.
> I have not modifed the dbus policy for systemd 
> ('/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.systemd1.conf) which allows those send messages.
> I do have another test machine with the same versions of dbus and systemd, which
> do not have any problems listing services, sockets, etc.  
> 
> This problem first cropped up after the upgrade from systemd 208 to 215.

Do you have systemd-shim installed? Does it help if you purge the package?


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