Bug 2017589

Summary: After upgrade on one machine systemd-ask-password-console.path fail with error "start request repeated too quickly"
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Mikhail <mikhail.v.gavrilov>
Component: systemdAssignee: systemd-maint
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 36CC: dtardon, fedoraproject, filbranden, flepied, hpc_rd, lnykryn, msekleta, ryncsn, ssahani, s, systemd-maint, yuwatana, zbyszek
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Description Mikhail 2021-10-26 22:25:35 UTC
Created attachment 1837401 [details]
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Description of problem:
After upgrade on one machine systemd-ask-password-console.path fail with error "start request repeated too quickly"
Also with same error failed next services:
- iscsi-onboot.service
- ostree-remount.service
- systemd-repart.service
- systemd-binfmt.service
- systemd-firstboot.service
- systemd-hwdb-update.service
- systemd-sysusers.service
Pressing Ctrl-D keys successfully load system.



# rpm -qa | grep systemd | sort
libreport-plugin-systemd-journal-2.15.2-6.fc35.x86_64
python3-systemd-234-19.fc36.x86_64
python-systemd-doc-234-19.fc36.x86_64
rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit-4.17.0-2.fc36.1.x86_64
systemd-249.5-1.fc36.x86_64
systemd-container-249.5-1.fc36.x86_64
systemd-libs-249.5-1.fc36.i686
systemd-libs-249.5-1.fc36.x86_64
systemd-networkd-249.5-1.fc36.x86_64
systemd-oomd-defaults-249.5-1.fc36.noarch
systemd-pam-249.5-1.fc36.x86_64
systemd-resolved-249.5-1.fc36.x86_64
systemd-rpm-macros-249.5-1.fc36.noarch
systemd-udev-249.5-1.fc36.x86_64


# journalctl -xb -u systemd-ask-password-console.path --no-pager
-- Journal begins at Thu 2021-10-07 03:47:38 +05, ends at Wed 2021-10-27 03:12:52 +05. --
Oct 27 01:07:58 primary-ws systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch being skipped.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has finished successfully
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has finished successfully.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 21.
Oct 27 01:08:14 primary-ws systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch being skipped.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has finished successfully
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has finished successfully.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 489.
Oct 27 01:08:14 primary-ws systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch being skipped.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has finished successfully
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has finished successfully.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 600.
Oct 27 01:08:14 primary-ws systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch being skipped.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has finished successfully
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has finished successfully.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 711.
Oct 27 01:08:16 primary-ws systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch being skipped.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has finished successfully
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has finished successfully.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 822.
Oct 27 01:08:16 primary-ws systemd[1]: systemd-ask-password-console.path: Start request repeated too quickly.
Oct 27 01:08:16 primary-ws systemd[1]: systemd-ask-password-console.path: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ The unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has entered the 'failed' state with result 'start-limit-hit'.
Oct 27 01:08:16 primary-ws systemd[1]: Failed to start Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has finished with a failure.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 933 and the job result is failed.
Oct 27 01:08:24 primary-ws systemd[1]: Started Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has finished successfully
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit systemd-ask-password-console.path has finished successfully.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 1154.

Comment 1 Mikhail 2021-10-26 22:26:04 UTC
Created attachment 1837402 [details]
system log

Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2022-02-08 21:36:21 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 36 development cycle.
Changing version to 36.

Comment 3 hpc_rd 2022-05-09 08:49:56 UTC
(In reply to Mikhail from comment #1)
> Created attachment 1837402 [details]
> system log

Try this "dirty" fix:

systemctl mask systemd-ask-password-console.path

It worked for us on 8.5.