Bug#784238: systemd: emergency.service restart leads to unusable system

[Michael Biebl]

Am 04.05.2015 um 13:41 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> control: severity -1 important
> control: tags -1 - security
> 
> Am 04.05.2015 um 13:15 schrieb Bernd Zeimetz:
>> Severity: critical
>> Package: systemd
>> Tags: security
>>
>> Restarting emergency.service (as done by needsrestart) within the
>> emergency.service leads to a prompt for the root password to enter
>> maintenance, but neither entering a valid password nor pressing ctrl+d
>> results into a login shell.
> 
> Why do you run needrestart in emergency mode?

@needrestart maintainers: can you give us some background on this, does
needrestart really restart emergency.service while it's being active?
That would be a bit like pulling the rug while you're standing on it.


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