<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" /> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - RFE: udev should default to --resolve-names=never if in_initrd() returns true" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88491#c4">Comment # 4</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - RFE: udev should default to --resolve-names=never if in_initrd() returns true" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88491">bug 88491</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:a.c.kalker@gmail.com" title="Alain Kalker <a.c.kalker@gmail.com>"> Alain Kalker</a> <pre>I have tried (unsuccessfully) one other alternative: add /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-sysusers.service and /usr/lib/sysusers.d/basic.conf to the initrd. The dependency ordering suggests that this could work: systemd-udevd.service contains an After= directive which includes systemd-sysusers.service. However, when I boot this setup in a VM (with an added `ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/sleep 5` added to systemd-udevd.service via a drop-in for debugging purposes), I get the following in the journal: [..snip..] Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Create System Users... Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd[1]: Started Create list of required static device nodes for the current kernel. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd[1]: Started udev Coldplug all Devices. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-journal[45]: Journal started Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd[1]: Started Journal Service. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group optical with gid 999. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group utmp with gid 998. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group adm with gid 997. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group users with gid 996. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group input with gid 995. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group audio with gid 994. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group disk with gid 993. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group wheel with gid 992. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group lock with gid 991. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group kmem with gid 990. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group uucp with gid 989. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group lp with gid 988. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group storage with gid 987. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group video with gid 986. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group tty with gid 5. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group root with gid 0. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating user root (Super User) with uid 0 and gid 0. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating group nobody with gid 65534. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd-sysusers[48]: Creating user nobody (Nobody) with uid 65534 and gid 65534. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd[1]: Started Create System Users. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Create Static Device Nodes in /dev... Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd[1]: Started Create Static Device Nodes in /dev. Apr 26 15:30:01 localhost systemd[1]: Starting udev Kernel Device Manager... Apr 26 15:30:02 localhost kernel: tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 3600.029 MHz Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost systemd-udevd[60]: starting version 219 Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost systemd-udevd[60]: specified group 'tty' unknown Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost systemd-udevd[60]: specified group 'uucp' unknown Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost systemd-udevd[60]: specified group 'kmem' unknown Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost systemd-udevd[60]: specified group 'input' unknown Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost systemd-udevd[60]: specified group 'video' unknown Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost systemd-udevd[60]: specified group 'audio' unknown Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost systemd-udevd[60]: specified group 'lp' unknown Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost systemd-udevd[60]: specified group 'disk' unknown Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost systemd-udevd[60]: specified group 'optical' unknown Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost systemd-udevd[60]: specified group 'storage' unknown [..snip..] As is clear from the timestamps, systemd-udevd cannot determine the groups even though they have been created just 5 seconds ago. The initrd does contain the required /etc/{group,password,...} at the end of the early boot stage, so I don't know why systemd-udevd is failing here. Journal output from yet another drop-in tacked onto initrd-cleanup.service: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Initrd Default Target. Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Cleaning Up and Shutting Down Daemons... Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: /etc: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: drwxr-xr-x 4 0 0 0 Apr 26 13:30 . Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: drwxr-xr-x 12 0 0 0 Apr 26 13:30 .. Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: -rw------- 1 0 0 0 Apr 26 13:30 .pwd.lock Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 0 Apr 26 13:29 fstab Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 211 Apr 26 13:30 group Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: ---------- 1 0 0 179 Apr 26 13:30 gshadow Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 0 Apr 26 13:29 initrd-release Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 1739 Apr 26 13:29 ld.so.cache Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 0 Apr 26 13:29 ld.so.conf Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: -r--r--r-- 1 0 0 33 Apr 26 13:30 machine-id Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: drwxr-xr-x 2 0 0 0 Apr 26 13:29 modprobe.d Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 17 Apr 26 13:29 mtab -> /proc/self/mounts Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 80 Apr 26 13:30 passwd Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost ls[96]: ---------- 1 0 0 42 Apr 26 13:30 shadow [..snip..] Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/passwd:root:x:0:0:Super User:/root:/bin/sh Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/passwd:nobody:x:65534:65534:Nobody:/:/sbin/nologin Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:input:x:995: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:uucp:x:989: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:storage:x:987: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:tty:x:5: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:wheel:x:992: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:kmem:x:990: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:nobody:x:65534: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:lp:x:988: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:users:x:996: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:optical:x:999: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:adm:x:997: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:utmp:x:998: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:audio:x:994: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:lock:x:991: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:video:x:986: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:root:x:0: Apr 26 15:30:06 localhost grep[99]: /etc/group:disk:x:993: Any idea why this isn't working?</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the QA Contact for the bug.</li> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>