[Bug 1387241] Re: systemctl is broken

[Martin Pitt]

If "systemctl" is working, you are running systemd. If "initctl --system
list" is working, you are running upstart (the default in Ubuntu 14.10).
As I said, you need to boot with "init=/bin/systemd" on the kernel
command line to try systemd.

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Title:
  systemctl is broken

Status in “systemd” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  14.10 introduces the /bin/systemctl command. Unfortunately it does not
  work:

  root at ubuntu:~# systemctl start ssh
  Failed to get D-Bus connection: No connection to service manager.
  root at ubuntu:~# systemctl status
  Failed to get D-Bus connection: No connection to service manager.

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