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0009603Talerdeployment and operationspublic2026-08-27 07:54
Reporterdvn Assigned ToFlorian Dold Resolution deadline
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Summary0009603: deltoid user@65534.service failing
DescriptionMar 10 06:25:01 deltoid systemd[1]: Starting user@65534.service - User Manager for UID 65534...
Mar 10 06:25:01 deltoid (systemd)[1535001]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user nobody(uid=65534) by (uid=0)
Mar 10 06:25:01 deltoid (systemd)[1535001]: pam_systemd(systemd-user:session): Failed to create session: Invalid session class manager-early
Mar 10 06:25:01 deltoid systemd[1535001]: Trying to run as user instance, but $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set.
Mar 10 06:25:01 deltoid systemd[1]: user@65534.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 10 06:25:01 deltoid (sd-pam)[1535002]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session closed for user nobody
Mar 10 06:25:01 deltoid systemd[1]: user@65534.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 10 06:25:01 deltoid systemd[1]: Failed to start user@65534.service - User Manager for UID 65534.
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dvn

2025-03-26 18:42

reporter   ~0024312

This is for a user called "sync" which is a system user that Debian creates.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/328110/why-does-debian-set-the-login-shell-of-user-sync-to-bin-sync

Not sure why the systemd unit is attempting to run and failing... Having trouble finding info about this.

Florian Dold

2026-08-27 07:54

manager   ~0029637

Closing as stale.

Issue History

Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2025-03-10 13:53dvnNew Issue
2025-03-10 13:53dvnStatusnew => assigned
2025-03-10 13:53dvnAssigned To => dvn
2025-03-26 18:42dvnNote Added: 0024312
2025-04-07 12:28Christian GrothoffAssigned Todvn =>
2025-04-07 12:28Christian GrothoffStatusassigned => implementing
2026-08-27 07:54Florian DoldAssigned To => Florian Dold
2026-08-27 07:54Florian DoldStatusimplementing => closed
2026-08-27 07:54Florian DoldResolutionopen => unable to reproduce
2026-08-27 07:54Florian DoldNote Added: 0029637