I think there's also another problem – logind starts the user manager instance for cronjobs while it shouldn't do so for batch stuff. Probably a PAM configuration issue. -- Mantas Mikulėnas <<a href="mailto:grawity@gmail.com">grawity@gmail.com</a>> <div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 9, 2014 9:34 AM, "Leho Kraav" <<a href="mailto:leho@kraav.com">leho@kraav.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> After upgrading systemd 208 -> 212, every single cron job creates this flood in systemd journal: juuni 09 09:20:01 xps14 crond[15112]: pam_unix(crond:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) juuni 09 09:20:01 xps14 systemd[15113]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) juuni 09 09:20:01 xps14 systemd[1]: Starting user-0.slice. juuni 09 09:20:01 xps14 systemd[1]: Created slice user-0.slice. juuni 09 09:20:01 xps14 systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 0... juuni 09 09:20:01 xps14 systemd[1]: Starting Session 107 of user root. juuni 09 09:20:01 xps14 systemd[1]: Started Session 107 of user root. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Starting Paths. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Reached target Paths. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Starting Timers. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Reached target Timers. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Starting Sockets. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Reached target Sockets. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Starting Basic System. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Reached target Basic System. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Starting Default. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Reached target Default. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Startup finished in 31ms. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 0. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 CROND[15116]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons ) juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 CROND[15112]: pam_unix(crond:session): session closed for user root juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[1]: Stopping User Manager for UID 0... juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Stopping Default. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Stopped target Default. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Stopping Basic System. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Stopped target Basic System. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Stopping Paths. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Stopped target Paths. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Stopping Timers. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Stopped target Timers. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Stopping Sockets. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Stopped target Sockets. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Starting Shutdown. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Reached target Shutdown. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Starting Exit the Session... juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15113]: Received SIGRTMIN+24 from PID 15128 (kill). juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[15114]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session closed for user root juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[1]: Stopped User Manager for UID 0. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[1]: Stopping user-0.slice. juuni 09 09:20:02 xps14 systemd[1]: Removed slice user-0.slice. Can I quiet this down somehow? _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank">systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a> </blockquote></div>