This isn't reproducible with a direct "apt-get install -y keystone" in an ssh shell in a vivid VM with "-smp 2". It smells like this depends on whether the command is being run under a logind session or not. When the command is run in autopkgtest's direct root shell (on ttyS1), it happens:
$ kvm -smp 2 -snapshot -m 2048 -drive file=/srv/vm/adt-vivid- amd64-cloud.img,if=virtio -nographic -monitor none -serial stdio -serial unix:/tmp/ttyS1,server,nowait and in another shell $ nc -U /tmp/ttyS1 # apt-get install -y keystone [...] Setting up keystone (1:2014.2-0ubuntu1) ... Killed At the same time, I notice this in the kernel log: [ 26.025557] systemd-logind[1961]: Failed to start user service: Unknown unit: user@107.service user 107 is the "keystone" system user. This is bug 1359439 (but thought of as being only cosmetical so far). I SIGTERMed apt-get install in the middle, edited /var/lib/dpkg/info/keystone.postinst to add a set -x, and get Setting up keystone (1:2014.2-0ubuntu1) ... + grep -q ^connection.*sqlite.* /etc/keystone/keystone.conf + su -s /bin/sh -c exec keystone-manage db_sync keystone + su -s /bin/sh -c exec keystone-manage pki_setup keystone Killed which confirms that it's indeed related to PAM/su. I found a quicker way to reproduce this: Boot the VM as above, and then run this: $ nc -U /tmp/ttyS1 # su -s /bin/sh -c whoami www-data; su -s /bin/sh -c whoami www-data www-data Killed www-data ** Summary changed: - keystone postinst fails with "Killed" during autopkgtest + su call in postinst fails with "Killed" when not running from a logind shell -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to keystone in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1393474 Title: su call in postinst fails with "Killed" when not running from a logind shell To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/keystone/+bug/1393474/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
