Bug#837183: systemd: unprivileged call to systemd-resolve starts systemd-resolved even when masked

[Felipe Sateler]

Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4122

On 9 September 2016 at 19:36, Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> Am 10.09.2016 um 00:26 schrieb Michael Biebl:
>> So, you'll also need to mask that name, i.e
>> dbus-org.freedesktop.resolve1.service
>
> https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/1873
> is somewhat related.
> Upstream's position on this is, that masks apply only on that particular
> name and not for any existing aliases (symlinks)

I interpret upstream's comment differently. They say "any alias
pointed to it is masked", which (applied to this case) should mean
that masking dbus-org.freedesktop.resolve1.service should not cause
systemd-resolved.service to be masked. I would expect the other way
around to work though: all aliases *should* resolve to the same unit,
and if that final unit is masked it should not be started.

I have forwarded this upstream.

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler