I can also confirm this bug on systemd 215-2 Trying to view nginx status via systemctl:
# systemctl status nginx Failed to get D-Bus connection: Unknown error -1 Even simple # systemctl gives: Failed to get D-Bus connection: Unknown error -1 apt-cache policy systemd systemd: Installed: 215-2 Candidate: 208-8 Version table: *** 215-2 0 1110 http://mirror.yandex.ru/debian/ experimental/main amd64 Packages /var# ls -l lock run lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 15 2011 lock -> /run/lock lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 May 15 2011 run -> /run -- Best regards, Valery Mamonov.