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Bug 1764282

Summary: systemd[XXXXX]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: SHAURYA <sshaurya>
Component: systemdAssignee: David Tardon <dtardon>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Frantisek Sumsal <fsumsal>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 8.4CC: dbodnarc, dtardon, fcosio, fperalta, huchaudh, infinality, jamacku, msekleta, nenad, rmetrich, systemd-maint-list, toaoyama, xuli
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Reopened
Target Release: 8.0Flags: msekleta: mirror+
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: systemd-239-42.el8 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2021-05-18 14:53:17 UTC Type: Bug
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Description SHAURYA 2019-10-22 16:00:58 UTC
Description of problem:

When using sudo -iu <user> as root to drop privileges the logs are filled with the following:

Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[1]: Started Session c403 of user XXX.
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] sudo[34535]: pam_unix(sudo-i:session): session opened for user XXX by (uid=0)
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID XXXUID...
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user XXX by (uid=0)
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Started Mark boot as successful after the user session has run 2 minutes.
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Reached target Timers.
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Starting D-Bus User Message Bus Socket.
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Reached target Paths.
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Listening on D-Bus User Message Bus Socket.
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Reached target Sockets.
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[34548]: Reached target Basic System.
Oct 22 11:14:48 [...] systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID XXXUID.

It looks like dbus is initalized too late and that several request to dbus are being made.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

systemd-239-13.el8_0.5.x86_64

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Check desription

Actual results:

Contains error messages

Expected results:

Should not contain error messages

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jan Synacek 2019-10-23 07:46:57 UTC
Works for me with systemd-239-18.el8.x86_64.

Comment 12 fcosio 2020-09-14 18:00:49 UTC
I have this same problem with systemd-239-31.el8_2.2.x86_64 - RHEL 8.2

 Sep 12 00:00:52  systemd[1]: Started update of the root trust anchor for DNSSEC validation in unbound.
Sep 12 00:07:01  systemd[1]: Starting Generate a daily summary of process accounting...
Sep 12 00:07:01  systemd[1]: Started Generate a daily summary of process accounting.
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:16:01  systemd[947836]: Started D-Bus User Message Bus.
Sep 12 00:17:01  systemd[947836]: Stopping D-Bus User Message Bus...
Sep 12 00:17:01  systemd[947836]: Stopped D-Bus User Message Bus.
Sep 12 00:31:01  systemd[951579]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:31:01  systemd[951579]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:31:01  systemd[951579]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:31:01  systemd[951579]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
Sep 12 00:31:01  systemd[951579]: Failed to connect to API bus: Connection refused
......
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Comment 13 David Tardon 2020-09-16 08:31:40 UTC
(In reply to fcosio from comment #12)
> I have this same problem with systemd-239-31.el8_2.2.x86_64 - RHEL 8.2

That's not surprising. It's not been fixed yet. The fix is scheduled for 8.4.

Comment 16 Lukáš Nykrýn 2020-11-02 14:16:59 UTC
fix merged to github master branch -> https://github.com/systemd-rhel/rhel-8/pull/110

Comment 24 errata-xmlrpc 2021-05-18 14:53:17 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Moderate: systemd security, bug fix, and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1611