Bug#784238: systemd: emergency.service restart leads to unusable system

[Michael Biebl]

clone 784238 -1
reassign -1 needrestart
retitle -1 please don't restart emergency.service/rescue.service
thanks

Am 04.05.2015 um 13:45 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Am 04.05.2015 um 13:41 schrieb Michael Biebl:
>> control: severity -1 important
>> control: tags -1 - security
>>
>> Am 04.05.2015 um 13:15 schrieb Bernd Zeimetz:
>>> Severity: critical
>>> Package: systemd
>>> Tags: security
>>>
>>> Restarting emergency.service (as done by needsrestart) within the
>>> emergency.service leads to a prompt for the root password to enter
>>> maintenance, but neither entering a valid password nor pressing ctrl+d
>>> results into a login shell.
>>
>> Why do you run needrestart in emergency mode?
> 
> @needrestart maintainers: can you give us some background on this, does
> needrestart really restart emergency.service while it's being active?
> That would be a bit like pulling the rug while you're standing on it.

Cloning this bug for needrestart.
needrestart shouldn't restart emergency.service (or rescue.service)
while you are logged in using the shell.


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