Found this during debugging an other problem. The issue was that after ``sudo -i'' and a ``cd /usr/lib/systemd/system/'' followed later by a shutdown may fail with (journalctl -b -1): systemd-exit.service: Failed at step CHDIR spawning: /usr/bin/kill which then caused the subsequent fault that umounting the users home directories done by automount are busy. --- units/user/systemd-exit.service.in | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: systemd-221/units/user/systemd-exit.service.in =================================================================== --- systemd-221.orig/units/user/systemd-exit.service.in +++ systemd-221/units/user/systemd-exit.service.in @@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ Description=Exit the Session Documentation=man:systemd.special(7) DefaultDependencies=no Requires=shutdown.target -After=shutdown.target +After=shutdown.target multi-user.target [Service] Type=oneshot -ExecStart=@KILL@ -s 58 $MANAGERPID +WorkingDirectory=/ +ExecStart=@KILL@ -s SIGRTMIN+24 $MANAGERPID