Bug#1024080: libpam-systemd: Failed to create session: Maximum number of sessions (8192) reached

[Michael Biebl]

Am 14.11.22 um 15:38 schrieb Francesco Potortì:
>>> Starting from a few days ago, I am getting these in my auth.log:
>>>
>>> sshd[2108738]: pam_systemd(sshd:session): Failed to create session: Maximum number of sessions (8192) reached, refusing further sessions.
>>>
>>> I can regularly log into the machine, but every logging produces the above message.
>>
>> Why is that a systemd bug? Please elaborate.
> 
> I tried to guess what would be the involved package.  Please reassign it to the right package, or else please instruct me about how to find out.
> 

It's hard to tell.
Can you share the output of
loginctl list-sessions

Do those sessions all originate from SSH accesses?

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