[systemd-devel] pam_systemd.so and su

[Kok, Auke-jan H]

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi; I'm using systemd 43 in Gentoo, and I usally have this line at the
> end of /etc/pam.d/system-auth:
>
> -session        optional        pam_systemd.so
>
> When I use su to become root, after logout the following message appears:
>
>  ...killed.
>
> Not always, but most of the time. Without the line with
> pam_systemd.so, the message never appears.
>
> So, two questions:
>
> 1. Why is my session being killed at logout time?
>
> 2. The pam_systemd.so is really necessary? The "...killed." message
> appears after two or three seconds, and it's slightly annoying.

please read `man pam_systemd`...

Cheers,

Auke