Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Are you by chance using NFS mounted directories? Or external entity for authentication such as LDAP or SSSD?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Stewart <thomas@stewarts.org.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 8:33
> To: Limonciello, Mario
> Cc: 943343@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh
> fwupd metadata and update motd.
>
>
> [EXTERNAL EMAIL]
>
> On 27 Jan 2021, at 14:18, Limonciello, Mario wrote:
> > Can you check if fwupdmgr works as a standard user to talk to the daemon for
> you?
>
> As a normal user I can run "fwupdmgr --version" fine[0].
>
> However if I amend the unit to run the above[1] the output stops before
> daemon version[2].
>
> Kind Regards
> --
> Tom
>
> [0]
> $ id
> uid=1000(thomas) gid=1000(thomas)
> groups=1000(thomas),20(dialout),27(sudo),128(docker)
> $
> $ /usr/bin/fwupdmgr --version
> client version: 1.5.5
> compile-time dependency versions
> gusb: 0.3.5
>
> daemon version: 1.5.5
> $
>
> [1]
> ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr --version
>
> [2]
> Jan 27 14:24:38 systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd...
> Jan 27 14:24:38 fwupdmgr[199579]: client version: 1.5.5
> Jan 27 14:24:38 fwupdmgr[199579]: compile-time dependency versions
> Jan 27 14:24:38 fwupdmgr[199579]: gusb: 0.3.5
> Jan 27 14:24:38 fwupdmgr[199579]: Failed to connect to daemon: Exhausted all
> available authentication mechanisms (tried: EXTERNAL) (available: EXTERNAL)
> Jan 27 14:24:38 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited,
> code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> Jan 27 14:24:38 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit-
> code'.
> Jan 27 14:24:38 systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update
> motd.
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