Re: "usermod: user user is currently used by process" while using (trying to) thunderbird to back up my gmail account's data ...
On Sun, 2022-11-06 at 15:38 +0000, Albretch Mueller wrote:
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> $ usermod --move-home --home "${_NEW_HOME}" "${_WHMI}"
> usermod: user user is currently used by process 1141
>
> $ sudo ps -aux | grep 1141
> user 1141 0.0 0.1 15600 9144 ? Ss Nov05 0:00
> /lib/systemd/systemd --user
> user 50636 0.0 0.0 6244 712 pts/0 S+ 06:42 0:00 grep 1141
>
> Unless they are both trying to exclusively access /etc/passwd, I
> can't understand how /lib/systemd/systemd could possibly relate to
> usermod.
>
> Any suggestions?
Probably a red herring, but I remember reading a while ago that
managing users home directories was another thing systemd was trying to
take over. A quick google search leads to things like:
https://opensource.com/article/22/3/manage-users-home-directory-systemd-homed
https://systemd.io/HOME_DIRECTORY/
So might be worth running the 'homectl' command to see if it exists, it
doesn't on my the Debian 11 install. So like I said, probably a red
herring.
--
Tixy
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