How do I work out which process/service/program is sending systemd dbus messages?

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Currently my systemd journal is filling up with messages of the form:



Feb 01 16:40:31 host systemd[1]: Got message type=method_call 
sender=:1.58666 destination=org.freedesktop.systemd1 object=/org
/freedesktop/systemd1 interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=Get
cookie=2 reply_cookie=0 error=n/a


The only identifier seems to be the sender, which appears to change every few seconds (so I've failed at trying to map the sender to a PID), and this does not appear to happen on other systems on similar hardware or OS. Is there some way of identifying what is sending this messages (so that I can either stop that process/service/whatever or control the amount of messages sent).










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    Currently my systemd journal is filling up with messages of the form:



    Feb 01 16:40:31 host systemd[1]: Got message type=method_call 
    sender=:1.58666 destination=org.freedesktop.systemd1 object=/org
    /freedesktop/systemd1 interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=Get
    cookie=2 reply_cookie=0 error=n/a


    The only identifier seems to be the sender, which appears to change every few seconds (so I've failed at trying to map the sender to a PID), and this does not appear to happen on other systems on similar hardware or OS. Is there some way of identifying what is sending this messages (so that I can either stop that process/service/whatever or control the amount of messages sent).










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      Currently my systemd journal is filling up with messages of the form:



      Feb 01 16:40:31 host systemd[1]: Got message type=method_call 
      sender=:1.58666 destination=org.freedesktop.systemd1 object=/org
      /freedesktop/systemd1 interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=Get
      cookie=2 reply_cookie=0 error=n/a


      The only identifier seems to be the sender, which appears to change every few seconds (so I've failed at trying to map the sender to a PID), and this does not appear to happen on other systems on similar hardware or OS. Is there some way of identifying what is sending this messages (so that I can either stop that process/service/whatever or control the amount of messages sent).










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      Currently my systemd journal is filling up with messages of the form:



      Feb 01 16:40:31 host systemd[1]: Got message type=method_call 
      sender=:1.58666 destination=org.freedesktop.systemd1 object=/org
      /freedesktop/systemd1 interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=Get
      cookie=2 reply_cookie=0 error=n/a


      The only identifier seems to be the sender, which appears to change every few seconds (so I've failed at trying to map the sender to a PID), and this does not appear to happen on other systems on similar hardware or OS. Is there some way of identifying what is sending this messages (so that I can either stop that process/service/whatever or control the amount of messages sent).







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      edited Feb 1 at 8:59









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          There is a mapping between a unique connection name
          and process accessible through busctl.



          If it remains stable for a few seconds you could try your luck in trying to catch it as it occurs.



          journalctl -f | 
          while read line ; do
          echo "$line" | grep "sender=:"
          if [ $? = 0 ]
          then
          busctl --no-pager | grep
          fi
          done


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            There is a mapping between a unique connection name
            and process accessible through busctl.



            If it remains stable for a few seconds you could try your luck in trying to catch it as it occurs.



            journalctl -f | 
            while read line ; do
            echo "$line" | grep "sender=:"
            if [ $? = 0 ]
            then
            busctl --no-pager | grep
            fi
            done


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              There is a mapping between a unique connection name
              and process accessible through busctl.



              If it remains stable for a few seconds you could try your luck in trying to catch it as it occurs.



              journalctl -f | 
              while read line ; do
              echo "$line" | grep "sender=:"
              if [ $? = 0 ]
              then
              busctl --no-pager | grep
              fi
              done


              (Based on this answer)






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                There is a mapping between a unique connection name
                and process accessible through busctl.



                If it remains stable for a few seconds you could try your luck in trying to catch it as it occurs.



                journalctl -f | 
                while read line ; do
                echo "$line" | grep "sender=:"
                if [ $? = 0 ]
                then
                busctl --no-pager | grep
                fi
                done


                (Based on this answer)






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                There is a mapping between a unique connection name
                and process accessible through busctl.



                If it remains stable for a few seconds you could try your luck in trying to catch it as it occurs.



                journalctl -f | 
                while read line ; do
                echo "$line" | grep "sender=:"
                if [ $? = 0 ]
                then
                busctl --no-pager | grep
                fi
                done


                (Based on this answer)







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