(In reply to Fabian Vogt from comment #4) > How did you create the user and log in? How do you run "systemctl --user"? > > I have the suspicion that you're running "sudo systemctl --user" or similar, > which can't work and would explain those issues. sudo useradd -c "System Account for GitLab" -md /opt/aservices/app/gitlab gitlab sudo -i gitlab systemctl --user error