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I've been noticing that practically every time I bootup Ubuntu or shut it down, this job appears:
A stop job is running for: LSB: Privilege escalation detection system [0s / 30s]
It's been annoying me because it makes me wait at least 30 seconds to start up or shut down my computer.
So, my question is: what is this, and how can I get rid of it?

If it helps, here is the output of systemctl list-units | grep -i Privilege:

username@hostname:~$ systemctl list-units | grep -i Privilege
ninja.service                                                                loaded active running   LSB: "privilege escalation detection system"
polkitd.service                                                              loaded active running   Authenticate and Authorize Users to Run Privileged Tasks
username@hostname:~$ 
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  • Do something like grep -r escalation /lib/systemd/* to find out which service is described as "Privilege escalation system" (I couldn't find one), then see if you can (and should) remove it from your system.
    – Jos
    Jun 13, 2016 at 21:20
  • I have the same list as you (binary matches only), except that I don't have systemd-resolve-host.
    – Jos
    Jun 13, 2016 at 21:30
  • Try systemctl list-units | grep -i Privilege (or systemctl list-units | grep LSB etc.)
    – Jos
    Jun 13, 2016 at 21:41
  • Well, there's your problem. Do sudo apt remove ninja. That is your privilege escalation detection service.
    – Jos
    Jun 13, 2016 at 21:53
  • @Jos Will it have any side effects? Jun 13, 2016 at 21:54

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