Hi,

I installed dbus and then added it using
#rc-update add dbus

Then reboot and checked:
# rc-status
Runlevel: default
 sshd                                  [  started  ]
 slim                                  [  started  ]
 dbus                                  [  stopped  ]
 udev-postmount                        [  started  ]
 crond                                 [  started  ]
 acpid                                 [  started  ]
Dynamic Runlevel: hotplugged
Dynamic Runlevel: needed/wanted
 sysfs                                 [  started  ]
 fsck                                  [  started  ]
 root                                  [  started  ]
 localmount                            [  started  ]
 udev-settle                           [  started  ]
Dynamic Runlevel: manual

If I try:
# rc-service dbus start
 * checkpath: owner `root:messagebus' not found
 * ERROR: dbus failed to start

What is missing or whar am I doing wrong?

Perke:
I'm not an Alpine user, but I wonder:  Does the "messagebus" group exist in /etc/group ?

Thanks, Perke.
Adding messagebus:x:104: to /etc/group solved the problem.
Since this happened on a fresh install, could it be a bug?

> Parke wrote [offlist]
> I'm not an Alpine user, but I wonder:  Does the "messagebus" group exist in /etc/group ?

On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 5:16 PM amc252 <amc252@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Perke.
> Adding messagebus:x:104: to /etc/group solved the problem.
> Since this happened on a fresh install, could it be a bug?

I'd call it a bug!

On Fri, 2021-12-10 at 17:16 -0800, amc252 wrote:
> Adding messagebus:x:104: to /etc/group solved the problem.
> Since this happened on a fresh install, could it be a bug?

Is added in https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/blob/master/main/dbus/dbus.pre-install

... although I can't say I approve of it hiding and ignoring any errors.