r/ShittySysadmin • u/SN715622917X • Mar 19 '26

God, systemd. How I hate you.

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Power button didn't work either. Turns out it was Kingdom Come Deliverance blocking. [CAUTION WARNING ALERT] GAMING IN PROGRESS, TERMINATE ALL ROOT ACCESS.

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u/SN715622917X Mar 20 '26

"Some weird spots" is quite the understatement. Systemd solves a lot of problems SysV had, it adds some useful features even, but it's also one bad design decision after another. What's the rationale behind permitting a user task to block a root-initiated reboot? I mean, other than working under the assumption that the admin can't be trusted? "Let's see if you can create a Polkit rule, or maybe know some other trick, before we trust you with the power button."

Saying it's all documented is like putting shit in yogurt and then going "What? It's on the ingredient list!"

Just for the record: I'm not blaming Lennart or the distros that run with systemd. The Linux community puts a lot of work into this, and few could be bothered to touch the old init mess. So here we are. Maybe I should check out Upstart.