Looking at my system, where I also do not have any nfs configured the service is inactive but not failed.
bdmurray@blacklightning:~$ sudo systemctl --failed
[sudo] password for bdmurray:
0 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too.
To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'.
bdmurray@blacklightning:~$ locate rpc-svcgssd.service
/lib/systemd/system/rpc-svcgssd.service
bdmurray@blacklightning:~$ dpkg -S /lib/systemd/system/rpc-svcgssd.service
nfs-common: /lib/systemd/system/rpc-svcgssd.service
bdmurray@blacklightning:~$ systemctl status -l rpc-svcgssd.service
● rpc-svcgssd.service - RPC security service for NFS server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rpc-svcgssd.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
Condition: start condition failed at Tue 2015-06-23 21:09:12 PDT; 12h ago
Jun 23 21:09:12 blacklightning systemd[1]: Started RPC security service for NFS server.
So there must be something different between our systems.
Looking at my system, where I also do not have any nfs configured the service is inactive but not failed.
bdmurray@ blacklightning: ~$ sudo systemctl --failed blacklightning: ~$ locate rpc-svcgssd.service system/ rpc-svcgssd. service blacklightning: ~$ dpkg -S /lib/systemd/ system/ rpc-svcgssd. service system/ rpc-svcgssd. service blacklightning: ~$ systemctl status -l rpc-svcgssd.service system/ rpc-svcgssd. service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
[sudo] password for bdmurray:
0 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too.
To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'.
bdmurray@
/lib/systemd/
bdmurray@
nfs-common: /lib/systemd/
bdmurray@
● rpc-svcgssd.service - RPC security service for NFS server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: inactive (dead)
Condition: start condition failed at Tue 2015-06-23 21:09:12 PDT; 12h ago
Jun 23 21:09:12 blacklightning systemd[1]: Started RPC security service for NFS server.
So there must be something different between our systems.