> Does it also move "systemd-ask-password" to -extra?
Yes, systemd-ask-password is/was also part of systemd-extra-utils, along with
several other files.
> For a distro that targets embedded devices (i.e. where services aren't going
> to use
> systemd's ask-password facility because nobody will
Does it also move "systemd-ask-password" to -extra?
For a distro that targets embedded devices (i.e. where services aren't
going to use systemd's ask-password facility because nobody will ever be
around to manually respond to such prompts for services *anyway*), I think
it would be fine to leave o
>> Any comment on my other question: is systemd-tty-ask-password an optional
>> component?
>
> It is optional. You can skip it with --no-ask-password. If you did not,
> it is assumed you wanted password agent and the warning is correct. It
> is just a message, systemctl does not fail if it could
08.07.2025 22:38, James Muir (jamesmui) wrote:
Is systemd-tty-ask-password still an optional component?
Is this new behaviour (where systemd-tty-ask-password is repeatedly executed)
intentional?
It is not new behavior. systemctl did it for as long as I remember.
Okay. But the display of th
> Is systemd-tty-ask-password real or a typo?
Sorry, I meant systemd-tty-ask-password-agent.
I dropped “-agent” by mistake (at least I had it right in the subject).
> Also if you're already in a root session, why is it asking for more
> authentication?
I suspect some services need to query for
On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 18:02:56 +
"James Muir (jamesmui)" wrote:
> >> Is systemd-tty-ask-password still an optional component?
> >>
> >> Is this new behaviour (where systemd-tty-ask-password is
> >> repeatedly executed) intentional?
> >
> > It is not new behavior. systemctl did it for as long as
>>> Is systemd-tty-ask-password still an optional component?
>>>
>>> Is this new behaviour (where systemd-tty-ask-password is repeatedly
>>> executed) intentional?
>>
>> It is not new behavior. systemctl did it for as long as I remember.
>
> Okay. But the display of the warning is new behaviour.
>> Is systemd-tty-ask-password still an optional component?
>>
>> Is this new behaviour (where systemd-tty-ask-password is repeatedly
>> executed) intentional?
>
> It is not new behavior. systemctl did it for as long as I remember.
Okay. But the display of the warning is new behaviour.
Was the
08.07.2025 19:57, James Muir (jamesmui) wrote:
I upgraded from v255.4 to v255.13 (these are tags from
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable), I now see the following warning
when I manually start a service:
root@vbox:~/tmp# systemctl start systemd-journald
Failed to execute /usr/bin/system
I upgraded from v255.4 to v255.13 (these are tags from
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable), I now see the following warning
when I manually start a service:
root@vbox:~/tmp# systemctl start systemd-journald
Failed to execute /usr/bin/systemd-tty-ask-password-agent: No such file or
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