[Bug 1564220] Re: ISST-LTE:pVM:pinelp3:ubuntu 16.04: systemctl daemon-reload failed in emergency mode

[Brahadambal Srinivasan]

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Title:
  ISST-LTE:pVM:pinelp3:ubuntu 16.04: systemctl daemon-reload failed in
  emergency mode

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  == Comment: #0 - Ping Tian Han <pthan at cn.ibm.com> - 2016-03-24 23:19:51 ==
  ---Problem Description---
  After dropping into emergency mode and do some modification to the system's config files, I want to let systemd reload them but failed:

  root at pinelp3:~# systemctl daemon-reload
  Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Could not connect: No such file or directory (g-io-error-quark, 1)
  root at pinelp3:~#

  This command works in normal mode though.
   
  Contact Information = Ping Tian Han/pthan at cn.ibm.com, 	Mikhail Afanasiev/epidemike at us.ibm.com 
   
  ---uname output---
  Linux pinelp3 4.4.0-15-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 18 19:06:23 UTC 2016 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
   
  Machine Type = IBM,8408-E8E,lpar 
   ---Debugger---
  A debugger was configured, however the system did not enter into the debugger
   
  ---Steps to Reproduce---
   1. adding a nonexistent  partition entry in /etc/fstab:
  /dev/mapper/mpathw-part3 /fs_test/mapper/mpathw-part3        xfs     defaults       1 2
  2. reboot the system
  3. drop into emergency mode:

  Give root password for maintenance
  (or press Control-D to continue):
  root at pinelp3:~#

  4. removee the nonexistent partition entry from /etc/fstab
  5. run 'systemctl daemon-reload'

   
  Userspace tool common name: systemd 

  Userspace rpm: systemd 
   
  The userspace tool has the following bit modes: 64-bit 

  Userspace tool obtained from project website:  na 
   
  *Additional Instructions for Ping Tian Han/pthan at cn.ibm.com, 	Mikhail Afanasiev/epidemike at us.ibm.com: 
  -Post a private note with access information to the machine that the bug is occuring on.
  -Attach ltrace and strace of userspace application.

  == Comment: #3 - Ping Tian Han <pthan at cn.ibm.com> - 2016-03-30 21:39:23 ==
  Hi,

  For how to drop into the emergency mode, I just add a nonexistent
  partition item, something like

  /dev/nonexistent1 /nonexistent1        xfs     defaults       1 2

  then reboot the system. So systemd won't find the device and will drop
  into emergency mode.

  thanks.

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