Bug 90897

Summary:	systemctl fails with "Invalid argument" when using both --global and --root flags
Product:	systemd	Reporter:	Pau Espin Pedrol <pespin.shar>
Component:	general	Assignee:	systemd-bugs
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	systemd-bugs
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium	CC:	pespin.shar, ross
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Linux (All)
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Description Pau Espin Pedrol 2015-06-08 13:34:36 UTC

I am trying to run systemctl from a script to enable some systemd user session services inside a sysroot which is going to be used by an embedded system later.

I found out, though, that when I run systemctl with both --global (to specify I want to enable a user systemd service) and --root (to specify the sysroot of the target system) parameters, I just get an error. For instance, it can easily be checked like this:

# systemctl --global enable myapp.service
ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/user/myapp.service' '/etc/systemd/user/default.target.wants/myapp.service'

# systemctl --global --root=/ enable myapp.service
Operation failed: Invalid argument


Is that a bug or an expected behavior? how should I accomplish what I want to do if that's expected?


More information:
~# systemctl --version
systemd 211
+PAM +LIBWRAP -AUDIT -SELINUX +IMA +SYSVINIT -LIBCRYPTSETUP -GCRYPT +ACL +XZ -SECCOMP -APPARMOR

Comment 1 Lennart Poettering 2016-06-09 18:15:14 UTC

This works fine with v230. Closing.

Comment 2 Pau Espin Pedrol 2016-06-18 17:40:59 UTC

I confirm this is fixed for me now too. I'm using systemctl version 229.

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