I get this error when running any systemd command as a user:
admin@Xroklaus:~ $ systemctl --user list-units Failed to get D-Bus connection: Connection refused Without the user parameter, the command runs fine.
admin@Xroklaus:~ $ systemctl list-units UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount loaded active waiting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point sys-devices-platform-soc-3f201000.serial-tty-ttyAMA0-hci0-rfkill1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/soc/3f201000.serial/tty/ttyAMA0/hci0/rfkil sys-devices-platform-soc-3f201000.serial-tty-ttyAMA0-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/soc/3f201000.serial/tty/ttyAMA0/hci0 ... To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'. lines 102-129/129 (END) And Dbus is running.
admin@Xroklaus:~ $ ps -ef | grep dbus message+ 443 1 0 Jan06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation admin 9082 9040 0 11:42 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto dbus Systemd does not appear to be running for this user
admin@Xroklaus:~ $ ps -ef | grep systemd root 142 1 0 Jan06 ? 00:00:08 /lib/systemd/systemd-journald root 147 1 0 Jan06 ? 00:00:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-udevd message+ 443 1 0 Jan06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation root 520 1 0 Jan06 ? 00:00:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-logind admin 10255 9040 0 16:53 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto systemd I don't know how to get it running though.
This seems not normal either:
admin@Xroklaus:~ $ systemd --test Trying to run as user instance, but $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set. 