systemctl enable does not enable alias names

[Zach Villers]

to reproduce;

1.sudo systemctl start sshd.service
2.sudo systemctl status sshd.service (shows enabled)
3.sudo systemctl enable sshd.service - errors with "Failed to execute operation: No such file or directory"

Expected behavior would be message that says the service is enabled.

Using Lubuntu 15.04 daily build in a VM. systemd 218-7.

ssh service does work after being started and persists after reboot.

Expected behavior for starting a service without enabling it is that the service would not persist after reboot.

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[Zach Villers (zachvatwork)]

changed package to systemd

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

As you see in "status", the actual name of that is "ssh.service", and "sshd" is just an Alias= name. As several units can have the same alias (e. g. in the case of "display-manager.service"), it is deliberate that you cannot enable aliases, but have to use the actual service name.