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musicmatze :rust: :nixos:<p>Hey <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@systemdUltras" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>systemdUltras</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/systemdultras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemdultras</span></a></p><p>How to pause a timer during the execution of a service?</p><p>Usecase: I have a timer that does a mail-sync every 10 or 15 minutes. I have another timer that does a backup every day at 11. During the run of the backup, I want to pause the mail-sync.</p><p>I bet there's a way to properly do this with systemd - I am just not sure what the right way is.</p><p>Btw, both of these services are user-services, if that matters.</p>
ilyess<p>Long story short, I broke my <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> installation. Let me know if you can relate x)</p><p><a href="https://ilyess.cc/posts/how-i-broke-my-linux-installation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ilyess.cc/posts/how-i-broke-my</span><span class="invisible">-linux-installation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a></p>
Nik | Klampfradler 🎸🚲<p>I got back to <a href="https://toot.teckids.org/tags/WebIDAMd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebIDAMd</span></a>, a <a href="https://toot.teckids.org/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a>-userdbd-based system for using <a href="https://toot.teckids.org/tags/OAuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAuth</span></a> / <a href="https://toot.teckids.org/tags/OIDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OIDC</span></a> / <a href="https://toot.teckids.org/tags/REST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>REST</span></a> identity providers for <a href="https://toot.teckids.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> system authentication.</p><p>And I can now show off a first demo (no <a href="https://toot.teckids.org/tags/PAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PAM</span></a> authentication yet, but user and group listing):</p><p><a href="https://asciinema.org/a/728567" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">asciinema.org/a/728567</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>In contrast to <a href="https://toot.teckids.org/tags/sssd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sssd</span></a>'s recent OIDC module, WebIDAMd is fully provider-agnostic and integrates transparently with userdbd, the current/upcoming standard in most Linux distributions instead of requiring a full separate software stack.</p>
openSUSE Linux<p>Is <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/dracut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dracut</span></a> your go-to for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/initrds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>initrds</span></a>? It might be time for a mindset shift. This <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/oSC25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oSC25</span></a> talk dives into <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mkosi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mkosi</span></a>-initrd, which is a faster, package-based way to build initrds, used on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Tumbleweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tumbleweed</span></a> and backed by <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> devs. Built from RPMs, no third-party surprises. <a href="https://youtu.be/p78J3Ql7D6s?si=JbKZpq9fFb3Oesr9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/p78J3Ql7D6s?si=JbKZpq</span><span class="invisible">9fFb3Oesr9</span></a></p>
Klaus Frank<p>Anyone know how to make one <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> unit depend upon another but in a way that ensures that the unit(s) it depends upon have already been started even though they're of Type=idle?</p><p>Funnily sddm stops the getty@tty1.service as part of its startup shortly after again too. So I don't even know why it is needed to begin with...</p>
Klaus Frank<p>Another day, another issue related to <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> <br>Figured out why <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/sddm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sddm</span></a> didn't work when forced into wayland mode without an xserver (or when the x11 configuration is missing).<br>While gdm (which defaults to wayland) "just works".</p><p>The sddm developers are currently struggling with an <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> issue. Apparently sddm needs getty@tty1.service to have completed execution. But because it is of "Type=idle" the sddm service starts too soon and crashes...</p><p>Funnily the systemd docs don't cover this...</p>
JdeBP<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@foolishowl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>foolishowl</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ioc.exchange/@azonenberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>azonenberg</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mcc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mcc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dalias" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dalias</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@becomethewaifu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>becomethewaifu</span></a></span> </p><p>Heh! It was, it turns out, and the only response stated to send it back to being a <a href="https://tty0.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> bug.</p><p><a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1086055" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrep</span><span class="invisible">ort.cgi?bug=1086055</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tty0.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> policy ping-pong. (-:</p>
Marcos Dione<p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a> the bad way that, at least on <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> unstable, launching a long running process in <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/screen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>screen</span></a> (but <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/tmux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tmux</span></a> and nohup and other seem to also be impacted) is not enough to survive a session logout, seemingly because <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> changed something more than 6y ago and now you have to mark users as linger-able to keep the feature working. Stay tuned.</p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p>
JdeBP<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@foolishowl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>foolishowl</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ioc.exchange/@azonenberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>azonenberg</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mcc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mcc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dalias" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dalias</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@becomethewaifu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>becomethewaifu</span></a></span> </p><p>Declared a "wontfix" bug in <a href="https://tty0.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> back in 2024.</p><p>I wonder whether it did get carried over to a policy bug.</p><p><a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1085370#21" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrep</span><span class="invisible">ort.cgi?bug=1085370#21</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tty0.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a></p>
JdeBP<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mcc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mcc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dalias" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dalias</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@becomethewaifu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>becomethewaifu</span></a></span> </p><p>It didn't replace van Smoorenberg init+rc. It replaced Upstart. The existence of Upstart is the part of history that many people forget or gloss over.</p><p>van Smoorenberg init+rc always was a straw man. The Debian committee included it, but everyone acknowledged at the time that the main contenders were systemd, Upstart, and OpenRC.</p><p><a href="https://tty0.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> <a href="https://tty0.social/tags/Upstart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Upstart</span></a></p>
JdeBP<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mcc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mcc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dalias" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dalias</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@becomethewaifu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>becomethewaifu</span></a></span> </p><p>Changing compiler is not the problem. But changing the standard library becomes one. systemd gained problems with <a href="https://tty0.social/tags/musl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musl</span></a> because of this.</p><p><a href="https://tty0.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://tty0.social/@JdeBP/114646325165347305" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tty0.social/@JdeBP/11464632516</span><span class="invisible">5347305</span></a></p>
okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Tesseks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Tesseks</span></a></span> <br>Debian should set up ntp (network time protocol) by default in the installation based on where you say your locaton is, unless if <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a>-timsyncd decided to move the cheese on yet one more tried and tested thing to "make your life easier".</p>
OSTechNix<p>Manage Linux Systemd Services Easily With Systemd-manager-tui <a href="https://floss.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rust</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/systemctl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemctl</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/journalctl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalctl</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/tui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tui</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <br><a href="https://ostechnix.com/manage-linux-systemd-services-with-systemd-manager-tui/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ostechnix.com/manage-linux-sys</span><span class="invisible">temd-services-with-systemd-manager-tui/</span></a></p>
François<p>The systemd project was and is a *huge* leap forward for Linux. I can't imagine doing sysops without it.</p><p><a href="https://blog.tjll.net/the-systemd-revolution-has-been-a-success/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.tjll.net/the-systemd-revo</span><span class="invisible">lution-has-been-a-success/</span></a></p><p>Update: suspected "AI" usage for the images in the post, in case you want to avoid this.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/sysops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sysops</span></a></p>
F. Maury ⏚<p>Yop,<br>Je viens de réuploader ma présentation éclair effectuée à Pass the Salt 2025, à propos du déploiement de secrets dans les infrastructures virtualisées en utilisant AF_VSOCK. J'ai ajouté des sous-titres en anglais et en français pour celleux que ça intéresse !</p><p><a href="https://peertube.stream/w/eidYHtjaeE6nZtTbpy722r" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peertube.stream/w/eidYHtjaeE6n</span><span class="invisible">ZtTbpy722r</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pts25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pts25</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/terraform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terraform</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/secrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secrets</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vault</span></a></p>
Andriy Utkin<p>A --privileged --cgroupns=host <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/docker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>docker</span></a> container launched with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> has taken over my machine, killing Xorg and capturing physical ttys. I guess I have let it, but I don't know what I could do differently to get it to run.</p>
Monospace Mentor<p>Linux tip: `journalctl -f -u servicename` follows logs for a specific systemd service in real-time. Much cleaner than tailing multiple log files. Add `--since "10 minutes ago"` to see recent entries first. <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/SystemD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemD</span></a></p>
Elias Probst<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@matthartley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>matthartley</span></a></span> do you have plans to document your findings and solution as a systemd issue? So they could look into integrating the fixes in the "right places"?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nixos.paris/@ambroisie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ambroisie</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a></p>
openSUSE Linux<p>Say goodbye to fragile early <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/boots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boots</span></a> 🚀Learn how <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mkosi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mkosi</span></a>-initrd provides clearer ownership, faster boot times and smarter rebuilds in this <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/oSC25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oSC25</span></a> talk. Based on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> packages. Avoids 10+ <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/dracut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dracut</span></a> service delays <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/initrd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>initrd</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openSUSE</span></a>. <a href="https://youtu.be/p78J3Ql7D6s?si=JbKZpq9fFb3Oesr9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/p78J3Ql7D6s?si=JbKZpq</span><span class="invisible">9fFb3Oesr9</span></a></p>
Alejandro Baez<p>I'm getting the itch of building my next linux install using <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/confext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>confext</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sysext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sysext</span></a>. 😎 </p><p>Basic point, memory of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ansible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ansible</span></a> keeps getting further. 😅 Can build out <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/btrfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>btrfs</span></a> subvolumes that are mounted read only. No modification of the /usr or even /etc necessary.</p><p><a href="https://man.archlinux.org/man/systemd-confext.8.en" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">man.archlinux.org/man/systemd-</span><span class="invisible">confext.8.en</span></a></p>
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