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Phalkon

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Registered: 2014-10-19

Posts: 117

[solved] shadow.service failed to load

Hi,

from the logs it appears, that this problem started at Jun 05 00:00:06, but I haven't noticed it because apart from the fail messages in logs, it has no apparent consequences.

Here are relevant terminal outputs.

sudo systemctl status shadow.service

● shadow.service - Verify integrity of password and group files
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/shadow.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2015-08-11 16:52:58 CEST; 10min ago
  Process: 15675 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pwck -r (code=exited, status=2)
 Main PID: 15675 (code=exited, status=2)

Aug 11 16:52:58 HAL9000 systemd[1]: Starting Verify integrity of password and group files...
Aug 11 16:52:58 HAL9000 pwck[15675]: user 'lightdm': directory '/var/lib/lightdm' does not exist
Aug 11 16:52:58 HAL9000 pwck[15675]: pwck: no changes
Aug 11 16:52:58 HAL9000 systemd[1]: shadow.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Aug 11 16:52:58 HAL9000 systemd[1]: Failed to start Verify integrity of password and group files.
Aug 11 16:52:58 HAL9000 systemd[1]: shadow.service: Unit entered failed state.
Aug 11 16:52:58 HAL9000 systemd[1]: shadow.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

sudo cat /etc/shadow

root:$6$LIeU/rnz$GXe/5RZsBr8eumu7jpT8c/Kw9bC9QQks.7v5yYIWsVuyKU5g0n7HKp3uUSuehqMz99IJgtLpwaGk1ay1rBr4T.:16346::::::
bin:x:14871::::::
daemon:x:14871::::::
mail:x:14871::::::
ftp:x:14871::::::
http:x:14871::::::
uuidd:x:14871::::::
dbus:x:14871::::::
nobody:x:14871::::::
systemd-journal-gateway:x:14871::::::
systemd-timesync:x:14871::::::
systemd-network:x:14871::::::
systemd-bus-proxy:x:14871::::::
systemd-resolve:x:14871::::::
systemd-journal-remote:!!:16346::::::
systemd-journal-upload:!!:16346::::::
avahi:!:16346::::::
polkitd:!:16346:0:99999:7:::
colord:!:16346:0:99999:7:::
phalkon:$6$ThjYvMaX$CcNutfjg2RjuG8xBu7t6fXL6G.cMOuz956L1UE/Y4H/qOfCAQ0e8ICrqeQudrPFNoRNog68uJD6BAQuLoFBkz/:16346:0:99999:7:::
nvidia-persistenced:!:16348:0:99999:7:::
deluge:!:16350:0:99999:7:::
clamav:!:16357::::::
tor:!:16370:0:99999:7:::
mysql:!:16459:0:99999:7:::
rtkit:!:16510:0:99999:7:::
git:!:16510::::::
lightdm:!:16590:0:99999:7:::

sudo cat /etc/shadow-

root:$6$LIeU/rnz$GXe/5RZsBr8eumu7jpT8c/Kw9bC9QQks.7v5yYIWsVuyKU5g0n7HKp3uUSuehqMz99IJgtLpwaGk1ay1rBr4T.:16346::::::
bin:x:14871::::::
daemon:x:14871::::::
mail:x:14871::::::
ftp:x:14871::::::
http:x:14871::::::
uuidd:x:14871::::::
dbus:x:14871::::::
nobody:x:14871::::::
systemd-journal-gateway:x:14871::::::
systemd-timesync:x:14871::::::
systemd-network:x:14871::::::
systemd-bus-proxy:x:14871::::::
systemd-resolve:x:14871::::::
systemd-journal-remote:!!:16346::::::
systemd-journal-upload:!!:16346::::::
avahi:!:16346::::::
polkitd:!:16346:0:99999:7:::
colord:!:16346:0:99999:7:::
phalkon:$6$ThjYvMaX$CcNutfjg2RjuG8xBu7t6fXL6G.cMOuz956L1UE/Y4H/qOfCAQ0e8ICrqeQudrPFNoRNog68uJD6BAQuLoFBkz/:16346:0:99999:7:::
nvidia-persistenced:!:16348:0:99999:7:::
deluge:!:16350:0:99999:7:::
clamav:!:16357::::::
tor:!:16370:0:99999:7:::
mysql:!:16459:0:99999:7:::
rtkit:!:16510:0:99999:7:::
git:!:16510::::::
lightdm:!:16590:0:99999:7:::

I really have no idea what this error means nor how to fix it.
Thanks for any help.

Last edited by Phalkon (2015-08-11 15:39:30)

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [solved] shadow.service failed to load

Did you search?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=193624

ayekat

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Registered: 2011-01-17

Posts: 1,591

Re: [solved] shadow.service failed to load

I'll make a wild guess and say that the user `lightdm` has `/var/lib/lightdm` as its home directory, but that directory does not exist.

What is the content of /etc/passwd?
Also, how was lightdm installed?

[EDIT]
Ah, too late.

Last edited by ayekat (2015-08-11 15:24:54)

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Phalkon

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Registered: 2014-10-19

Posts: 117

Re: [solved] shadow.service failed to load

Did you search?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=193624

I'll make a wild guess and say that the user `lightdm` has `/var/lib/lightdm` as its home directory, but that directory does not exist.

What is the content of /etc/passwd?
Also, how was lightdm installed?

[EDIT]
Ah, too late.

Thanks. I removed the lightdm user and that solved the problem.

Last edited by Phalkon (2015-08-11 15:42:04)

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