Bug#994006: libc6: NSS modules changes require a restart of systemd-logind, which is not possible

[Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>]

On 2021-09-09 18:26, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.32-1
> Severity: serious
> X-Debbugs-Cc: pkg-systemd-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
> 
> The NSS modules provided by glibc 2.32 require new symbols, which are
> therefore not provided by libc6 2.31. This is why we require restarting
> daemons after the new libc6 is installed.
> 
> systemd-logind is also using NSS modules, so it needs to be restarted.
> Unfortunately that's not something possible without killing Xorg
> sessions (see bug#919509). Not restarting systemd-logind means that it
> is not able to load new NSS modules, howeveralready loaded modules are
> still usable.

One way to workaround the issue would be to force systemd-logind to do a
NSS lookup, just like it it s already the case when a user log onto the
system.

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