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systemd package

systemd-logind fails to start in unprivileged containers

Bug #1307595 reported by Stéphane Graber
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Bug Description

Because of systemd-logind using the "limit" upstart stanza, it fails to start in unprivileged containers where the ulimit is lower than the requested one.

The proposed fix is to call ulimit from the job itself instead and ignore the failure (it'll get logged though in case this ends up causing some issues).

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 204-5ubuntu20

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systemd (204-5ubuntu20) trusty; urgency=medium

  * systemd-logind.conf: Don't use the limit stanza which fails the
    whole job when failing to set the ulimit. Instead call ulimit itself
    from the job and ignore its return code. This allow systemd-logind to
    start in unprivileged LXC containers. (LP: #1307595)
 -- Stephane Graber <email address hidden> Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:20:33 -0400

Changed in systemd (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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