Systemctl failure using --global setting

Question

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 (using KDE desktop). I'm trying to set a systemd service to run globally using the
sudo systemctl --user --global enable *service*

command. It fails with
No such file or directory

However, when I execute
systemctl enable *service*

the command works with no errors.
What do I need to do to get the --global setting to work?

abu_bua · Answer

To make your service available for all user you have to put the script into the /lib/systemd/user directory.
It makes no sense to set --user and --global at the same time. Just run
sudo systemctl --global enable *service*

to enable the service globally.

Systemctl failure using --global setting

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