Bug#1056166: fixed in systemd 256~rc3-3

[Anthony Bourguignon]

On Mon, 27 May 2024 23:50:02 +0000 Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster at ftp-master.debian.org> wrote:
> Source: systemd
> Source-Version: 256~rc3-3
> Done: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
> 
> We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
> systemd, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
> 
> A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
> attached.
> 
> Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
> have further comments please address them to 1056166 at bugs.debian.org,
> and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
> 
> Debian distribution maintenance software
> pp.
> Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org> (supplier of updated systemd package)
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> Format: 1.8
> Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 00:07:57 +0100
> Source: systemd
> Architecture: source
> Version: 256~rc3-3
> Distribution: unstable
> Urgency: medium
> Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers <pkg-systemd-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org>
> Changed-By: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
> Closes: 825438 851314 913061 966621 1029152 1056166 1056564
> Changes:
>  systemd (256~rc3-3) unstable; urgency=medium
>  .
>    [ Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek ]
>    * tests/boot-and-services: don't wait for systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
>      to finish. It's a oneshot service, so the 'start' call above is
>      effectively synchronous.
>    * test/boot-and-services: use pidof instead of ps -C
>  .
>    [ Chris Hofstaedtler ]
>    * autopkgtest: install open-iscsi and tgt for upstream suite
>  .
>    [ Gioele Barabucci ]
>    * d/libnss-mymachines.nss: Install before `resolve` and `dns`. Installing
>      `mymachines` before `dns` and `resolve` (whatever comes first) is
>      suggested in the manpage. It also avoids leaking information about
>      local machines to the DNS resolver. (Closes: #825438, #851314)
>    * d/libnss-myhostname.nss: Install after `files`
>  .
>    [ Luca Boccassi ]
>    * Drop /bin/systemd legacy symlink. The systemd binary should not be in
>      the default PATH. This symlink was created due to some old
>      documentation (long since corrected) suggesting to use
>      init=/bin/systemd to test switching to systemd. (Closes: #913061)

Hi,

Since 256~rc3-3, I can’t login anymore with my homed user. How it happened : I logged in with GDM to
my Gnome session. I made the updates, including the systemd-homed version 256~rc3-3. When I locked
my screen, I was unable to unlock it. The password was refused. So I restarted the computer and I
was unable to log back onto it.

I tried with Gnome, ssh, su (as root), nothing worked.

I think your modifications completely broke systemd-homed authentification. The system didn’t
recognize the user at all :
2024-05-28T11:42:29.266019+02:00 **redacted** unix_chkpwd[2223]: check pass; user unknown
2024-05-28T11:44:17.113169+02:00 **redacted** unix_chkpwd[2351]: could not obtain user info
(**redacted**)

I rsynced the /etc/pam.d/common* files from another computer, deleted the systemd-homed file in the
same directory, and everything is back to normal.

Thanks