#43555·systemd

pam_systemd fails on first use

Author: iandallCreated Aug 28, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
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systemd version the issue has been seen with

261^1506_gb8bcae4-1.fc44.x86_64

Used distribution

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Linux kernel version used

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CPU architectures issue was seen on

x86_64

Component

pam_systemd

Expected behaviour you didn't see

On first login after a reboot, the user session does not have a running systemd, which causes all kinds of things to fail. This system uses sddm and journalctl -t sddm-helper "shows pam_systemd(sddm:session): Failed to get user record: No such process".

See sddm-helper.log

Unexpected behaviour you saw

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Steps to reproduce the problem

This system is configured with sddm-0.21.0-13.fc44.x86_6 lxqt-session-2.4.0-2.fc44.x86_64 sssd-2.13.1-2.fc44.x86_64

The user records in question are obtained by ldap.

  • reboot
  • login
  • ps -fu <user> | grep systemd

sddm-helper.log systemd-userdbd.log sssd_nss.log

Additional program output to the terminal or log subsystem illustrating the issue

bash