Failed to read systemd units :

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#4522 Failed to read systemd units :

Milestone: 1.720

Status: closed-fixed

Owner: nobody

Labels: systemd (3) Fedora 21 (1)

Priority: 5

Updated: 2015-04-15

Created: 2014-12-14

Creator: BJ Steeves

Private: No

Using Fedora 21, getting message: Failed to read systemd units

when accessing the selection System / Bootup and Shutdown in Webmin 1.720

Discussion

Jamie Cameron - 2014-12-14

If you run the command "systemctl list-units --full --all" on your system, does it output all the available units?

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- BJ Steeves - 2014-12-14
  
  Yes it does....Output attached.
  
  systemd.txt
  
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Jamie Cameron - 2014-12-15

Sorry, I just realized that the command produces different output depending on whether it is being displayed or read by another program (like Webmin).

Can you also post the output from :

systemctl list-units --full --all | cat

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- BJ Steeves - 2014-12-15
  
  Here is the results: systemctl list-units --full --all | cat
  
  systemd-2.txt
  
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Jamie Cameron - 2014-12-16

Ok, that looks fine. What output do you get if you run the command :

systemctl show -- crond cups

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- BJ Steeves - 2014-12-16
  
  Here are the results: systemctl show -- crond cups
  
  systemd-3.txt
  
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Jamie Cameron - 2014-12-17

status: open --> closed-fixed
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Jamie Cameron - 2014-12-17

Ok, I think I see the issue here - this will be fixed in the next Webmin release.

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- BJ Steeves - 2014-12-17
  
  That sounds great! Thanks for all of your help.
  
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David Jameson - 2015-04-11

Uhmm, just installed webmin (through your repo) on a brand new Fedora 21 desktop install. Not fixed yet --- when is the next release?

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Jamie Cameron - 2015-04-11

Assuming you are using Webmin 1.740, this should have been fixed already.

Can you attach the output from "systemctl show -- crond cups" on this new Fedora 21 system?

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- David Jameson - 2015-04-12
  
  Definitely 1.740 (see attached image) and attached is text file with the output.
  This is a brand new install — I’m building a VM to replace my physical (and older) machine that was running Fedora 17.
  Webmin was the first thing I installed after I brought it up.
  
  On Apr 11, 2015, at 6:23 PM, Jamie Cameron jcameron@users.sf.net wrote:
  
  Assuming you are using Webmin 1.740, this should have been fixed already.
  
  Can you attach the output from "systemctl show -- crond cups" on this new Fedora 21 system?
  
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David Jameson - 2015-04-12

Sigh --- I guess a reply via email loses all attachments! Adding them again manually.

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David Jameson - 2015-04-12

Wow -- only one attachment at a time --- have you guys considered moving from sourceforge to something modern??? Attached is the output

foo.txt

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David Jameson - 2015-04-12

OK this just got even weirder --- just tried it again today and it displays a list of about 10 items instead of complaining that it couldn't find anything. However, clearly there are way more than 10 background daemons running.
(Edit: I just checked using a different browser in case there was something funky with latest firefox but I get the same (incorrect) results with Safari as well.

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Jamie Cameron - 2015-04-13

If you reload the page a few times, does it ever display more than 10 items?

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David Jameson - 2015-04-13

Nope -- and I'm also finding that it's neither saving configuration changes (although it can read changes that have been made by editing files manually) and it's missing quite a few servers.

Maybe it's a problem at my end, although I created a brand new Fedora 21 install on a VM, nothing fancy going on so unclear how I might have broken anything.

You're welcome to connect at some point if you want to look around.

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Jamie Cameron - 2015-04-13

I'd be interested to login to your system if that is possible - you can send me details at jcameron@webmin.com

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James Beale - 2015-04-15

I'd just like to say that I came across this issue today too. I'd just installed a new CentOS 7 system, fully updated it, and installed the latest Webmin.

Now, with a whole morning gone (!), my work-around has been to wipe my new system, go back to CentOS 7.1.1503 and Webmin 1.720. I already knew this configuration worked, since I have another machine running it.

Hope this helps a little. :)

EDIT: Forgot to add, in the first install webmin was on https, on the second, http. Don't think I did anything different the second time!

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