An explicit reload should not be necessary for "enable". I also can't reproduce the problem:
$ cp /usr/share/systemd/tmp.mount /etc/systemd/system/tmp2.mount $ systemctl enable tmp2.mount Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/local-fs.target.wants/tmp2.mount to /etc/systemd/system/tmp2.mount. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1545707 Title: Error message "Operation failed: No such file or directory" on installing/reconfiguring systemd Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 dev with systemd 229-1ubuntu2 and on installing/reconfiguring it I'm getting this output (the first error has already its own bug report here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1475094 ): root@ubuntu:~# dpkg-reconfigure systemd addgroup: The group `systemd-journal' already exists as a system group. Exiting. Operation failed: No such file or directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1545707/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

