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I have multiple processes named systemd running simultaneously on my Arch Linux machine. At least one of them is PID 1.

Is this normal?

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It has been normal for Arch Linux since October 2012, yes.

systemd is now your system manager and service manager. It runs as process #1.

The other processes could be per-user instances of systemd, instances of systemd in a "container" (if you have containers), ephemeral services that systemd is right in the middle of spawning, or simply programs such as systemd-journald where you haven't spotted the double-barrelled nature of the program name. ☺ The world cannot tell you more with what little information you've provided.

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  • I clarified my situation in an edit. Upon changing my login shell from zsh (which hung on start and thus eliminated my access to TTY and GUI terminals) back to bash systemd no longer spawned multiple persistent (I assume hanging) processes. Weird stuff.
    – user
    Mar 19, 2014 at 5:16

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