/etc/cron.daily/apt sends daily error about connecting to dbus

[Jan Groenewald]

 [root] Cron <root@hummingbird> test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
Cron Daemon <email address hidden> 11 February 2014 06:50
To: <email address hidden>
/etc/cron.daily/apt:
Failed to open connection to "system" message bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory

( Ubuntu 14.04 Server installation )

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: dbus 1.6.18-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-5.20-generic 3.13.0
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Feb 11 11:29:01 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-09 (33 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140108)
SourcePackage: dbus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Mike Metral (mike-metral)]

The following to the issue resolved for me:

$ apt-get --reinstall install dbus