Elias Probst<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> the fact, that "list-machines" provides output is most likely the inconsistency here, as machines are also global.<br>The difference between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a>'s "--system" and "--user" mode is, whether something is managed within a user's resources and/or session, like user units/services running within a user's login/desktop session.<br>This has nothing to do with a users permissions to control services in the system context, for which privileges are granted via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DBus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DBus</span></a> through <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PolicyKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PolicyKit</span></a></p>