# Before upgrade ./test.sh accounts-daemon.service : Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) atd.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) cron.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) dbus.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) iscsid.service : Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915) polkit.service : Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) rsyslog.service : Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915) snapd.service : Tasks: 9 (limit: 4915) ssh.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-journald.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-logind.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-resolved.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) accounts-daemon.service : atd.service : cron.service : dbus.service : iscsid.service : polkit.service : rsyslog.service : snapd.service : ssh.service : systemd-journald.service : systemd-logind.service : systemd-resolved.service : accounts-daemon.service : Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) atd.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) cron.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) dbus.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) iscsid.service : Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915) polkit.service : Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) rsyslog.service : Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915) snapd.service : Tasks: 9 (limit: 4915) ssh.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-journald.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-logind.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-resolved.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) # Confirmed still failing # Upgrade install root@zesty-test:~# vim /etc/apt/sources.list root@zesty-test:~# apt update Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed InRelease [240 kB] Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/universe Sources [15.7 kB] Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main Sources [12.4 kB] Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main amd64 Packages [22.2 kB] Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main Translation-en [13.7 kB] Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/universe amd64 Packages [27.4 kB] Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/universe Translation-en [16.8 kB] Fetched 349 kB in 0s (565 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 29 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. root@zesty-test:~# apt upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: apt apt-transport-https apt-utils base-files cloud-init libapt-inst2.0 libapt-pkg5.0 libgnutls-openssl27 libgnutls28-dev libgnutls30 libgnutlsxx28 libnss-resolve libpam-systemd libpq-dev libpq5 libsystemd0 libudev-dev libudev1 linux-libc-dev openssh-client openssh-server openssh-sftp-server python3-update-manager snapd systemd systemd-sysv udev unattended-upgrades update-manager-core 29 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 17.7 MB of archives. After this operation, 43.0 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n Abort. root@zesty-test:~# apt install systemd systemd-sysv Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libnss-resolve libpam-systemd libsystemd0 Suggested packages: systemd-ui systemd-container The following packages will be upgraded: libnss-resolve libpam-systemd libsystemd0 systemd systemd-sysv 5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded. Need to get 2816 kB of archives. After this operation, 4096 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main amd64 libnss-resolve amd64 232-21ubuntu6 [114 kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main amd64 systemd-sysv amd64 232-21ubuntu6 [13.1 kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main amd64 libpam-systemd amd64 232-21ubuntu6 [116 kB] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main amd64 systemd amd64 232-21ubuntu6 [2363 kB] Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main amd64 libsystemd0 amd64 232-21ubuntu6 [211 kB] Fetched 2816 kB in 1s (2576 kB/s) (Reading database ... 54213 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libnss-resolve_232-21ubuntu6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libnss-resolve:amd64 (232-21ubuntu6) over (232-21ubuntu5) ... Preparing to unpack .../systemd-sysv_232-21ubuntu6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking systemd-sysv (232-21ubuntu6) over (232-21ubuntu5) ... Preparing to unpack .../libpam-systemd_232-21ubuntu6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libpam-systemd:amd64 (232-21ubuntu6) over (232-21ubuntu5) ... Preparing to unpack .../systemd_232-21ubuntu6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking systemd (232-21ubuntu6) over (232-21ubuntu5) ... Preparing to unpack .../libsystemd0_232-21ubuntu6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libsystemd0:amd64 (232-21ubuntu6) over (232-21ubuntu5) ... Setting up libsystemd0:amd64 (232-21ubuntu6) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2.2) ... Setting up systemd (232-21ubuntu6) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/systemd/resolved.conf ... addgroup: The group `systemd-journal' already exists as a system group. Exiting. Setting up libnss-resolve:amd64 (232-21ubuntu6) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.10-1ubuntu2) ... Setting up systemd-sysv (232-21ubuntu6) ... Setting up libpam-systemd:amd64 (232-21ubuntu6) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2.2) ... # Good after Upgrade root@zesty-test:~# ./test.sh accounts-daemon.service : Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) atd.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) cron.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) dbus.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) iscsid.service : Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915) polkit.service : Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) rsyslog.service : Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915) snapd.service : Tasks: 9 (limit: 4915) ssh.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-journald.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-logind.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-resolved.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) accounts-daemon.service : Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) atd.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) cron.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) dbus.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) iscsid.service : Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915) polkit.service : Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) rsyslog.service : Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915) snapd.service : Tasks: 9 (limit: 4915) ssh.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-journald.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-logind.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-resolved.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) accounts-daemon.service : Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) atd.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) cron.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) dbus.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) iscsid.service : Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915) polkit.service : Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) rsyslog.service : Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915) snapd.service : Tasks: 9 (limit: 4915) ssh.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-journald.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-logind.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) systemd-resolved.service : Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) Thanks for your work xnox! Seems to work well now.