I can confirm that what Lukas has written in comment #4. After removing the PPA from Ondrej and downgading PHP5 to the official version from the ubuntu repositories, everything works.
So this is Ondrejs problem. ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1451346 Title: "systemctl start php5-fpm.service" failes due to timeout of systemd- tty-ask-password-agent To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1451346/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs