I just installed a fresh systemd (via amazon AMI: https://wiki.debian.org/Cloud/AmazonEC2Image/Jessie) that includes systemd 215-12 I still got the log message:
Mar 03 20:02:56 ip-10-80-175-145 systemd[1]: Starting Login Service... Mar 03 20:02:56 ip-10-80-175-145 systemd-logind[323]: Failed to connect to system bus: No such file or directory Mar 03 20:02:56 ip-10-80-175-145 systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Mar 03 20:02:56 ip-10-80-175-145 systemd[1]: Failed to start Login Service. Mar 03 20:02:56 ip-10-80-175-145 systemd[1]: Unit systemd-logind.service entered failed state. Mar 03 20:02:56 ip-10-80-175-145 systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service has no holdoff time, scheduling restart. Mar 03 20:02:56 ip-10-80-175-145 systemd[1]: Stopping Login Service... (and then again a few times)