Description of problem: On systems that have exactly one user each, attempting to power off the machine requires to enter a password, pretending that many users are logged in. This is not a problem but only a hassle for an advanced user, who understands what's going on, but a regular user prefers to cut the power to the system than try in vain to understand what is going on. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: way too often Steps to Reproduce: 1.login to gnome, browse internet, watch some pictures 2.attempt to power off 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: this is usually reproduced in fallback mode of gnome, since -shell is mostly unusable on computers not very powerfull. (like athlon 64 3200+, with 1GB RAM, nvidia 6200 video card, 80 gb WDC hard disk)
What's the output of 'loginctl' when this happens?
When you do that, you'll probably find a cron session running anacron running one of its random-length sleep processes. Please give systemd-197-1.fc18.2 from updates-testing a try. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-1590/systemd-197-1.fc18.2 As noted in the update description: > logind will ignore non-tty/non-X11 sessions when checking for other > sessions before shutdown. This is bug 890827. Closing as a duplicate. Reopen if I'm wrong about this. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 890827 ***