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When logging in to an up to date Debian 12 (bookworm) server via ssh (to IP address) the login is delayed by ~10 seconds after entering the password (and also when doing ssh login via key).

Here is the log (journalctl -u ssh) of the server:

Dec 08 15:30:00 axx-phon-help01 sshd[2935]: Accepted password for xxx from x.x.x.x port 42038 ssh2
Dec 08 15:30:00 axx-phon-help01 sshd[2935]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user xxx(uid=1000) by (uid=0)
Dec 08 15:30:25 xxx-xxx sshd[2935]: pam_systemd(sshd:session): Failed to create session: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.login1': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms)

I have already tried disabling sshguard and nftables and restart the server.

I also solved this problem.

Other (Debian 12) Servers in the same subnet do not have that problem.

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  • Maybe systemctl mask systemd-logind && pam-auth-update solved it - but I did not not know why other servers (LXC containers) are not affected.
    – LeifSec
    Commented Dec 8, 2023 at 14:49
  • That sounds like an answer to your question.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Dec 8, 2023 at 15:16

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pam_systemd is trying to contact systemd-logind but is failing.

If you have disabled systemd-logind as your comment suggests, you might consider removing the pam_systemd PAM module too.

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