On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 20:35:32 +0200 Michael Prokop <m...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: systemd > Version: 239-7 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > this bug report is about an issue which I consider a usability > issue. I'm happy to forward/discuss this with upstream, though I'd > like to discuss this within Debian and pkg-systemd team before. > > When invoking: > > # systemctl --host=... status ssh.service > > then the terminal kind of breaks, if dbus isn't present. > For example if `PermitRootLogin yes` is set in sshd_config > and trying to connect to the local system *without* dbus being > present I get: > > root@debian-sid01:~# systemctl --host=$(hostname) status ssh.service > root@debian-sid01's password: > root@debian-sid01:~# > root@debian-sid01:~#·root@debian-sid01:~#·root@debian-sid01:~#·root@debian-sid01:~#· > > So whenever pressing the <enter> key the prompt gets worse (and only > a `reset` fixes that). :) As soon as dbus is present/available it > works as intended though. > > This is quite irritating, not even getting an error/warning message. > > I'm aware that dbus is inside Recommends and withouth dbus quite > some functionality is missing, though I'm wondering if there's > anything that could be improved here? Any opinions/ideas?
This sounds like an upstream issue, so it's probably best to raise it there. On the other hand, dbus-less systems are considered very much special cases by upstream, so I'm not sure how sympathetic to this issue they will be. But you can try. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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