Bug 2210770

Summary:	pam_systemd_home spams /var/log/secure when a cron entry is run
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Trevor Hemsley <trevor.hemsley>
Component:	systemd	Assignee:	systemd-maint
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	38	CC:	dtardon, fedoraproject, filbranden, lnykryn, msekleta, ryncsn, systemd-maint, yuwatana, zbyszek
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Description Trevor Hemsley 2023-05-29 12:49:19 UTC

I have a /etc/cron.d/cacti file that contains 

*/5 * * * *     apache  /usr/bin/php /usr/share/cacti/poller.php > /dev/null  2>&1

Every 5 minutes /var/log/secure shows 

May 29 13:40:01 trevor (systemd)[167306]: pam_systemd_home(systemd-user:account): systemd-homed is not available: Could not activate remote peer: activation request failed: unknown unit.
May 29 13:40:01 trevor (systemd)[167303]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
May 29 13:40:01 trevor (systemd)[167306]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user apache(uid=48) by (uid=0)

The systemd-homed service is disabled.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install fc38 and cacti
2. Add recommended cacti crontab entry to run the poller
3. systemctl disable systemd-homed
4. tail -f /var/log/secure
Actual Results:  
Spam spam spam!

Expected Results:  
No rubbish cluttering up my log files

Fully up to date FC38 system

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2023-07-17 16:58:07 UTC

FEDORA-2023-b07a6a9665 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 38. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-b07a6a9665

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2023-07-18 01:26:18 UTC

FEDORA-2023-b07a6a9665 has been pushed to the Fedora 38 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2023-b07a6a9665`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-b07a6a9665

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2023-07-19 03:14:09 UTC

FEDORA-2023-b07a6a9665 has been pushed to the Fedora 38 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.