Bionic verification
First, confirming the bug: # checking ldap user exists, and is not defined in /etc/passwd root@bionic-sssd-1807246:~# id testuser1 uid=10001(testuser1) gid=10001 groups=10001,10100 root@bionic-sssd-1807246:~# grep testuser1 /etc/passwd root@bionic-sssd-1807246:~# # looping over whoami calls fails eventually as expected by this bug: testuser1@bionic-sssd-1807246:~$ while /bin/true; do date; whoami || break; echo; sleep 10; done Wed Jan 30 18:35:20 UTC 2019 testuser1 Wed Jan 30 18:35:30 UTC 2019 testuser1 Wed Jan 30 18:35:40 UTC 2019 whoami: cannot find name for user ID 10001: Unknown error 1432158300 $ # Installing the packages from proposed: root@bionic-sssd-1807246:~# apt-cache policy sssd sssd: Installed: 1.16.1-1ubuntu1.1 Candidate: 1.16.1-1ubuntu1.1 Version table: *** 1.16.1-1ubuntu1.1 500 500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.16.1-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages Retrying the whoami loop, which this time doesn't fail and has to be aborted: testuser1@bionic-sssd-1807246:~$ while /bin/true; do date; whoami || break; echo; sleep 10; done Wed Jan 30 18:37:25 UTC 2019 testuser1 Wed Jan 30 18:37:35 UTC 2019 testuser1 Wed Jan 30 18:37:45 UTC 2019 testuser1 Wed Jan 30 18:37:55 UTC 2019 testuser1 Wed Jan 30 18:38:05 UTC 2019 testuser1 Wed Jan 30 18:38:15 UTC 2019 testuser1 ^C testuser1@bionic-sssd-1807246:~$ Bionic verification succeeded. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1807246 Title: after upgrading to bionic, my session forgets who I am frequently To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sssd/+bug/1807246/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs