diff --git a/lib/services/dbus.c b/lib/services/dbus.c
index a3286f2c78..a9b1eba452 100644
--- a/lib/services/dbus.c
+++ b/lib/services/dbus.c
@@ -1,392 +1,407 @@
 #include <crm_internal.h>
 #include <crm/crm.h>
 #include <crm/services.h>
 #include <dbus/dbus.h>
 #include <pcmk-dbus.h>
 
 #define BUS_PROPERTY_IFACE "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties"
 
 
 static bool pcmk_dbus_error_check(DBusError *err, const char *prefix, const char *function, int line) 
 {
     if (err && dbus_error_is_set(err)) {
         do_crm_log_alias(LOG_ERR, __FILE__, function, line, "%s: DBus error '%s'", prefix, err->message);
         dbus_error_free(err);
         return TRUE;
     }
     return FALSE;
 }
 
 DBusConnection *pcmk_dbus_connect(void)
 {
     DBusError err;
     DBusConnection *connection;
 
     dbus_error_init(&err);
     connection = dbus_bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, &err);
     pcmk_dbus_error_check(&err, "Could not connect to System DBus", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
 
     return connection;
 }
 
 void pcmk_dbus_disconnect(DBusConnection *connection)
 {
 }
 
 bool pcmk_dbus_append_arg(DBusMessage *msg, int dtype, const void *value)
 {
     DBusMessageIter args;
 
     dbus_message_iter_init_append(msg, &args);
     if (!dbus_message_iter_append_basic(&args, dtype, value)) {
         crm_err("dbus_message_iter_append_basic(%c) failed", dtype);
         return FALSE;
     }
 
     return TRUE;
 }
 
 bool
 pcmk_dbus_find_error(const char *method, DBusPendingCall* pending, DBusMessage *reply, DBusError *ret)
 {
     DBusError error;
 
     dbus_error_init(&error);
 
     if(pending == NULL) {
         error.name = "org.clusterlabs.pacemaker.NoRequest";
         error.message = "No request sent";
 
     } else if(reply == NULL) {
         error.name = "org.clusterlabs.pacemaker.NoReply";
         error.message = "No reply";
 
     } else {
         DBusMessageIter args;
         int dtype = dbus_message_get_type(reply);
 
         switch(dtype) {
             case DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_METHOD_RETURN:
                 dbus_message_iter_init(reply, &args);
                 crm_trace("Call to %s returned '%s'", method, dbus_message_iter_get_signature(&args));
                 break;
             case DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_INVALID:
                 error.message = "Invalid reply";
                 error.name = "org.clusterlabs.pacemaker.InvalidReply";
                 crm_err("Error processing %s response: %s", method, error.message);
                 break;
             case DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_METHOD_CALL:
                 error.message = "Invalid reply (method call)";
                 error.name = "org.clusterlabs.pacemaker.InvalidReply.Method";
                 crm_err("Error processing %s response: %s", method, error.message);
                 break;
             case DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_SIGNAL:
                 error.message = "Invalid reply (signal)";
                 error.name = "org.clusterlabs.pacemaker.InvalidReply.Signal";
                 crm_err("Error processing %s response: %s", method, error.message);
                 break;
 
             case DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_ERROR:
                 dbus_set_error_from_message (&error, reply);
                 crm_info("%s error '%s': %s", method, error.name, error.message);
                 break;
             default:
                 error.message = "Unknown reply type";
                 error.name = "org.clusterlabs.pacemaker.InvalidReply.Type";
                 crm_err("Error processing %s response: %s (%d)", method, error.message, dtype);
         }
     }
 
     if(ret && (error.name || error.message)) {
         *ret = error;
         return TRUE;
     }
 
     return FALSE;
 }
 
 DBusMessage *pcmk_dbus_send_recv(DBusMessage *msg, DBusConnection *connection, DBusError *error)
 {
     const char *method = NULL;
     DBusMessage *reply = NULL;
     DBusPendingCall* pending = NULL;
 
     CRM_ASSERT(dbus_message_get_type (msg) == DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_METHOD_CALL);
     method = dbus_message_get_member (msg);
 
     // send message and get a handle for a reply
     if (!dbus_connection_send_with_reply (connection, msg, &pending, -1)) { // -1 is default timeout
         if(error) {
             error->message = "Call to dbus_connection_send_with_reply() failed";
             error->name = "org.clusterlabs.pacemaker.SendFailed";
         }
         crm_err("Error sending %s request", method);
         return NULL;
     }
 
     dbus_connection_flush(connection);
 
     if(pending) {
         /* block until we receive a reply */
         dbus_pending_call_block(pending);
 
         /* get the reply message */
         reply = dbus_pending_call_steal_reply(pending);
     }
 
     if(pcmk_dbus_find_error(method, pending, reply, error)) {
         crm_trace("Was error: '%s' '%s'", error->name, error->message);
         if(reply) {
             dbus_message_unref(reply);
             reply = NULL;
         }
     }
     crm_trace("Was error: '%s' '%s'", error->name, error->message);
 
     if(pending) {
         /* free the pending message handle */
         dbus_pending_call_unref(pending);
     }
 
     return reply;
 }
 
 bool pcmk_dbus_send(DBusMessage *msg, DBusConnection *connection,
                     void(*done)(DBusPendingCall *pending, void *user_data), void *user_data)
 {
     DBusError error;
     const char *method = NULL;
     DBusPendingCall* pending = NULL;
 
     dbus_error_init(&error);
 
     CRM_ASSERT(dbus_message_get_type (msg) == DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_METHOD_CALL);
     method = dbus_message_get_member (msg);
 
     // send message and get a handle for a reply
     if (!dbus_connection_send_with_reply (connection, msg, &pending, -1)) { // -1 is default timeout
         crm_err("Send with reply failed for %s", method);
         return FALSE;
 
     } else if (pending == NULL) {
         crm_err("No pending call found for %s", method);
         return FALSE;
 
     }
     CRM_ASSERT(dbus_pending_call_set_notify(pending, done, user_data, NULL));
     return TRUE;
 }
 
 bool pcmk_dbus_type_check(DBusMessage *msg, DBusMessageIter *field, int expected, const char *function, int line)
 {
-    int dtype = dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type(field);
+    int dtype = 0;
+    DBusMessageIter lfield;
+
+    if(field == NULL) {
+        if(dbus_message_iter_init(msg, &lfield)) {
+            field = &lfield;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if(field == NULL) {
+        do_crm_log_alias(LOG_ERR, __FILE__, function, line,
+                         "Empty parameter list in reply expecting '%c'", expected);
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    dtype = dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type(field);
 
     if(dtype != expected) {
         DBusMessageIter args;
 
         dbus_message_iter_init(msg, &args);
         do_crm_log_alias(LOG_ERR, __FILE__, function, line,
                          "Unexepcted DBus type, expected %c instead of %c in '%s'",
                          expected, dtype, dbus_message_iter_get_signature(&args));
         return FALSE;
     }
 
     return TRUE;
 }
 
 char *
 pcmk_dbus_get_property(
     DBusConnection *connection, const char *target, const char *obj, const gchar * iface, const char *name)
 {
     DBusMessage *msg;
     DBusMessageIter args;
     DBusMessageIter dict;
     DBusMessage *reply = NULL;
     /* DBusBasicValue value; */
     const char *method = "GetAll";
     char *output = NULL;
     DBusError error;
 
         /* desc = systemd_unit_property(path, BUS_NAME ".Unit", "Description"); */
 
     dbus_error_init(&error);
     crm_info("Calling: %s on %s", method, target);
     msg = dbus_message_new_method_call(target, // target for the method call
                                        obj, // object to call on
                                        BUS_PROPERTY_IFACE, // interface to call on
                                        method); // method name
 
     if (NULL == msg) {
         crm_err("Call to %s failed: No message", method);
         return NULL;
     }
 
     pcmk_dbus_append_arg(msg, DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &iface);
 
     reply = pcmk_dbus_send_recv(msg, connection, &error);
     dbus_message_unref(msg);
 
     if(error.name) {
         crm_err("Call to %s for %s failed: No reply", method, iface);
         return NULL;
 
     } else if (!dbus_message_iter_init(reply, &args)) {
         crm_err("Cannot get properties for %s from %s", obj, iface);
         return NULL;
     }
 
     if(!pcmk_dbus_type_check(reply, &args, DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__)) {
         crm_err("Call to %s failed: Message has invalid arguments", method);
         dbus_message_unref(reply);
         return NULL;
     }
 
     dbus_message_iter_recurse(&args, &dict);
     while (dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type (&dict) != DBUS_TYPE_INVALID) {
         DBusMessageIter sv;
         DBusMessageIter v;
         DBusBasicValue value;
 
         if(!pcmk_dbus_type_check(reply, &dict, DBUS_TYPE_DICT_ENTRY, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__)) {
             dbus_message_iter_next (&dict);
             continue;
         }
 
         dbus_message_iter_recurse(&dict, &sv);
         while (dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type (&sv) != DBUS_TYPE_INVALID) {
             int dtype = dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type(&sv);
 
             switch(dtype) {
                 case DBUS_TYPE_STRING:
                     dbus_message_iter_get_basic(&sv, &value);
 
                     crm_trace("Got: %s", value.str);
                     if(strcmp(value.str, name) != 0) {
                         dbus_message_iter_next (&sv); /* Skip the value */
                     }
                     break;
                 case DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT:
                     dbus_message_iter_recurse(&sv, &v);
                     if(pcmk_dbus_type_check(reply, &v, DBUS_TYPE_STRING, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__)) {
                         dbus_message_iter_get_basic(&v, &value);
 
                         crm_trace("Result: %s", value.str);
                         output = strdup(value.str);
                     }
                     break;
                 default:
                     pcmk_dbus_type_check(reply, &sv, DBUS_TYPE_STRING, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
             }
             dbus_message_iter_next (&sv);
         }
 
         dbus_message_iter_next (&dict);
     }
 
 
     crm_trace("Property %s[%s] is '%s'", obj, name, output);
     return output;
 }
 
 static void pcmk_dbus_connection_dispatch(DBusConnection *connection, DBusDispatchStatus new_status, void *data){
     crm_trace("status %d for %p", new_status, data);
     if (new_status == DBUS_DISPATCH_DATA_REMAINS){
         dbus_connection_dispatch(connection);
     }
 }
 
 static int
 pcmk_dbus_watch_dispatch(gpointer userdata)
 {
     DBusWatch *watch = userdata;
     int flags = dbus_watch_get_flags(watch);
 
     crm_trace("Dispatching %p with flags %d", watch, flags);
     if(flags & DBUS_WATCH_READABLE) {
         dbus_watch_handle(watch, DBUS_WATCH_READABLE);
     } else {
         dbus_watch_handle(watch, DBUS_WATCH_ERROR);
     }
     return 0;
 }
 
 static void
 pcmk_dbus_watch_destroy(gpointer userdata)
 {
     crm_trace("Destroyed %p", userdata);
 }
 
 
 struct mainloop_fd_callbacks pcmk_dbus_cb = {
     .dispatch = pcmk_dbus_watch_dispatch,
     .destroy = pcmk_dbus_watch_destroy,
 };
 
 static dbus_bool_t
 pcmk_dbus_watch_add(DBusWatch *watch, void *data){
     int fd = dbus_watch_get_unix_fd(watch);
 
     mainloop_io_t *client = mainloop_add_fd(
         "dbus", G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, fd, watch, &pcmk_dbus_cb);
 
     crm_trace("Added %p with fd=%d", watch, fd);
     dbus_watch_set_data(watch, client, NULL);
     return TRUE;
 }
 
 static void
 pcmk_dbus_watch_remove(DBusWatch *watch, void *data){
     mainloop_io_t *client = dbus_watch_get_data(watch);
 
     crm_trace("Removed %p", watch);
     mainloop_del_fd(client);
 }
 
 static gboolean
 pcmk_dbus_timeout_dispatch(gpointer data)
 {
     crm_trace("Timeout for %p");
     dbus_timeout_handle(data);
     return FALSE;
 }
 
 static dbus_bool_t
 pcmk_dbus_timeout_add(DBusTimeout *timeout, void *data){
     guint id = g_timeout_add(dbus_timeout_get_interval(timeout), pcmk_dbus_timeout_dispatch, timeout);
 
     if(id) {
         dbus_timeout_set_data(timeout, GUINT_TO_POINTER(id), NULL);
     }
     return TRUE;
 }
 
 static void
 pcmk_dbus_timeout_remove(DBusTimeout *timeout, void *data){
     void *vid = dbus_timeout_get_data(timeout);
     guint id = GPOINTER_TO_UINT(vid);
 
     if(id) {
         g_source_remove(id);
         dbus_timeout_set_data(timeout, 0, NULL);
     }
 }
 
 static void
 pcmk_dbus_timeout_toggle(DBusTimeout *timeout, void *data){
     if(dbus_timeout_get_enabled(timeout)) {
         pcmk_dbus_timeout_add(timeout, data);
     } else {
         pcmk_dbus_timeout_remove(timeout, data);
     }
 }
 
 /* Inspired by http://www.kolej.mff.cuni.cz/~vesej3am/devel/dbus-select.c */
 
 void pcmk_dbus_connection_setup_with_select(DBusConnection *c){
 	dbus_connection_set_timeout_functions(
             c, pcmk_dbus_timeout_add, pcmk_dbus_timeout_remove, pcmk_dbus_timeout_toggle, NULL, NULL);
 	dbus_connection_set_watch_functions(c, pcmk_dbus_watch_add, pcmk_dbus_watch_remove, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	dbus_connection_set_dispatch_status_function(c, pcmk_dbus_connection_dispatch, NULL, NULL);
 
 	pcmk_dbus_connection_dispatch(c, dbus_connection_get_dispatch_status(c), NULL);
 }
diff --git a/lib/services/systemd.c b/lib/services/systemd.c
index a06d5474fa..b461c5f58f 100644
--- a/lib/services/systemd.c
+++ b/lib/services/systemd.c
@@ -1,546 +1,530 @@
 /*
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  * General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Andrew Beekhof <andrew@beekhof.net>
  */
 
 #include <crm_internal.h>
 #include <crm/crm.h>
 #include <crm/services.h>
 #include <crm/common/mainloop.h>
 
 #include <gio/gio.h>
 #include <services_private.h>
 #include <systemd.h>
 #include <dbus/dbus.h>
 #include <pcmk-dbus.h>
 
 #define BUS_NAME "org.freedesktop.systemd1"
 #define BUS_PATH "/org/freedesktop/systemd1"
 
 #define BUS_PROPERTY_IFACE "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties"
 
 /*
    /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager.xml
 */
 
 struct unit_info {
     const char *id;
     const char *description;
     const char *load_state;
     const char *active_state;
     const char *sub_state;
     const char *following;
     const char *unit_path;
     uint32_t job_id;
     const char *job_type;
     const char *job_path;
 };
 
 static DBusMessage *systemd_new_method(const char *iface, const char *method)
 {
     crm_trace("Calling: %s on %s", method, iface);
     return dbus_message_new_method_call(BUS_NAME, // target for the method call
                                         BUS_PATH, // object to call on
                                         iface, // interface to call on
                                         method); // method name
 }
 
 
 static DBusConnection* systemd_proxy = NULL;
 static gboolean
 systemd_init(void)
 {
     static int need_init = 1;
     /* http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/api/html/group__DBusConnection.html */
 
     if (need_init) {
         need_init = 0;
         systemd_proxy = pcmk_dbus_connect();
         pcmk_dbus_connection_setup_with_select(systemd_proxy);
     }
     if (systemd_proxy == NULL) {
         return FALSE;
     }
     return TRUE;
 }
 
 void
 systemd_cleanup(void)
 {
     if (systemd_proxy) {
         pcmk_dbus_disconnect(systemd_proxy);
         systemd_proxy = NULL;
     }
 }
 
 static char *
 systemd_service_name(const char *name)
 {
     if (name == NULL) {
         return NULL;
 
     } else if (strstr(name, ".service")) {
         return strdup(name);
     }
 
     return g_strdup_printf("%s.service", name);
 }
 
 static bool
 systemd_daemon_reload(void)
 {
     const char *method = "Reload";
     DBusMessage *reply = NULL;
     DBusMessage *msg = systemd_new_method(BUS_NAME".Manager", method);
 
     CRM_ASSERT(msg != NULL);
     reply = pcmk_dbus_send_recv(msg, systemd_proxy, NULL);
     dbus_message_unref(msg);
     if(reply) {
         dbus_message_unref(reply);
     }
     return TRUE;
 }
 
 static gboolean
 systemd_unit_by_name(const gchar * arg_name, gchar ** out_unit)
 {
     DBusMessage *msg;
-    DBusMessageIter args;
     DBusMessage *reply = NULL;
     const char *method = "GetUnit";
     char *name = NULL;
     DBusError error;
 
 /*
   <method name="GetUnit">
    <arg name="name" type="s" direction="in"/>
    <arg name="unit" type="o" direction="out"/>
   </method>
 
   <method name="LoadUnit">
    <arg name="name" type="s" direction="in"/>
    <arg name="unit" type="o" direction="out"/>
   </method>
  */
 
+    if (systemd_init() == FALSE) {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
     name = systemd_service_name(arg_name);
 
     while(*out_unit == NULL) {
         msg = systemd_new_method(BUS_NAME".Manager", method);
         CRM_ASSERT(msg != NULL);
 
         pcmk_dbus_append_arg(msg, DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &name);
 
         dbus_error_init(&error);
         reply = pcmk_dbus_send_recv(msg, systemd_proxy, &error);
         dbus_message_unref(msg);
 
         if(error.name) {
             crm_info("Call to %s failed: %s", method, error.name);
 
-        } else if (dbus_message_iter_init(reply, &args)) {
+        } else if(pcmk_dbus_type_check(reply, NULL, DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__)) {
+            if(out_unit) {
+                char *path = NULL;
 
-            if(pcmk_dbus_type_check(reply, &args, DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__)) {
-                DBusBasicValue value;
+                dbus_message_get_args (reply, NULL,
+                                       DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH, &path,
+                                       DBUS_TYPE_INVALID);
 
-                dbus_message_iter_get_basic(&args, &value);
-                *out_unit = strdup(value.str);
-                dbus_message_unref(reply);
-                free(name);
-                return TRUE;
+                *out_unit = strdup(path);
             }
+            dbus_message_unref(reply);
+            free(name);
+            return TRUE;
         }
 
         if(strcmp(method, "LoadUnit") != 0) {
             method = "LoadUnit";
             crm_debug("Cannot find %s, reloading the systemd manager configuration", name);
             systemd_daemon_reload();
             if(reply) {
                 dbus_message_unref(reply);
+                reply = NULL;
             }
 
         } else {
             free(name);
             return FALSE;
         }
     }
     return FALSE;
 }
 
 GList *
 systemd_unit_listall(void)
 {
     int lpc = 0;
     GList *units = NULL;
     DBusMessageIter args;
     DBusMessageIter unit;
     DBusMessageIter elem;
     DBusMessage *msg = NULL;
     DBusMessage *reply = NULL;
     const char *method = "ListUnits";
     DBusError error;
 
     if (systemd_init() == FALSE) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
 /*
         "  <method name=\"ListUnits\">\n"                               \
         "   <arg name=\"units\" type=\"a(ssssssouso)\" direction=\"out\"/>\n" \
         "  </method>\n"                                                 \
 */
 
     dbus_error_init(&error);
     msg = systemd_new_method(BUS_NAME".Manager", method);
     CRM_ASSERT(msg != NULL);
 
     reply = pcmk_dbus_send_recv(msg, systemd_proxy, &error);
     dbus_message_unref(msg);
 
     if(error.name) {
         crm_err("Call to %s failed: %s", method, error.name);
         return NULL;
 
     } else if (!dbus_message_iter_init(reply, &args)) {
         crm_err("Call to %s failed: Message has no arguments", method);
         dbus_message_unref(reply);
         return NULL;
     }
 
     if(!pcmk_dbus_type_check(reply, &args, DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__)) {
         crm_err("Call to %s failed: Message has invalid arguments", method);
         dbus_message_unref(reply);
         return NULL;
     }
 
     dbus_message_iter_recurse(&args, &unit);
     while (dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type (&unit) != DBUS_TYPE_INVALID) {
         DBusBasicValue value;
 
         if(!pcmk_dbus_type_check(reply, &unit, DBUS_TYPE_STRUCT, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__)) {
             continue;
         }
 
         dbus_message_iter_recurse(&unit, &elem);
         if(!pcmk_dbus_type_check(reply, &elem, DBUS_TYPE_STRING, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__)) {
             continue;
         }
 
         dbus_message_iter_get_basic(&elem, &value);
         crm_trace("Got: %s", value.str);
         if(value.str) {
             char *match = strstr(value.str, ".service");
 
             if (match) {
                 lpc++;
                 match[0] = 0;
 
                 units = g_list_append(units, strdup(value.str));
             }
         }
         dbus_message_iter_next (&unit);
     }
 
     dbus_message_unref(reply);
 
     crm_trace("Found %d systemd services", lpc);
     return units;
 }
 
 gboolean
 systemd_unit_exists(const char *name)
 {
-    char *path = NULL;
-    gboolean pass = FALSE;
-
-    if (systemd_init() == FALSE) {
-        return FALSE;
-    }
-
-    if(systemd_unit_by_name(name, &path) && path) {
-        crm_trace("Got %s", path);
-        pass = TRUE;
-    }
-
-    free(path);
-    return pass;
+    return systemd_unit_by_name(name, NULL);
 }
 
 static char *
 systemd_unit_metadata(const char *name)
 {
     char *path = NULL;
     char *meta = NULL;
     char *desc = NULL;
 
     CRM_ASSERT(systemd_init());
     if (systemd_unit_by_name(name, &path)) {
         desc = pcmk_dbus_get_property(systemd_proxy, BUS_NAME, path, BUS_NAME ".Unit", "Description");
     } else {
         desc = g_strdup_printf("systemd unit file for %s", name);
     }
 
     meta = g_strdup_printf("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"
                            "<!DOCTYPE resource-agent SYSTEM \"ra-api-1.dtd\">\n"
                            "<resource-agent name=\"%s\" version=\"0.1\">\n"
                            "  <version>1.0</version>\n"
                            "  <longdesc lang=\"en\">\n"
                            "    %s\n"
                            "  </longdesc>\n"
                            "  <shortdesc lang=\"en\">systemd unit file for %s</shortdesc>\n"
                            "  <parameters>\n"
                            "  </parameters>\n"
                            "  <actions>\n"
                            "    <action name=\"start\"   timeout=\"15\" />\n"
                            "    <action name=\"stop\"    timeout=\"15\" />\n"
                            "    <action name=\"status\"  timeout=\"15\" />\n"
                            "    <action name=\"restart\"  timeout=\"15\" />\n"
                            "    <action name=\"monitor\" timeout=\"15\" interval=\"15\" start-delay=\"15\" />\n"
                            "    <action name=\"meta-data\"  timeout=\"5\" />\n"
                            "  </actions>\n"
                            "  <special tag=\"systemd\">\n"
                            "  </special>\n" "</resource-agent>\n", name, desc, name);
     free(desc);
     return meta;
 }
 
 static bool
 systemd_mask_error(svc_action_t *op, const char *error)
 {
     crm_trace("Could not issue %s for %s: %s", op->action, op->rsc, error);
     if(strstr(error, "org.freedesktop.systemd1.InvalidName")
        || strstr(error, "org.freedesktop.systemd1.LoadFailed")
        || strstr(error, "org.freedesktop.systemd1.NoSuchUnit")) {
 
         if (safe_str_eq(op->action, "stop")) {
             crm_trace("Masking %s failure for %s: unknown services are stopped", op->action, op->rsc);
             op->rc = PCMK_OCF_OK;
 
         } else {
             crm_trace("Mapping %s failure for %s: unknown services are not installed", op->action, op->rsc);
             op->rc = PCMK_OCF_NOT_INSTALLED;
             op->status = PCMK_LRM_OP_NOT_INSTALLED;
         }
         return TRUE;
     }
 
     return FALSE;
 }
 
 static void
 systemd_async_dispatch(DBusPendingCall *pending, void *user_data)
 {
     DBusError error;
     DBusMessage *reply = NULL;
     svc_action_t *op = user_data;
 
     dbus_error_init(&error);
     if(pending) {
         reply = dbus_pending_call_steal_reply(pending);
     }
     if(pcmk_dbus_find_error(op->action, pending, reply, &error)) {
 
         /* ignore "already started" or "not running" errors */
         if (!systemd_mask_error(op, error.name)) {
             crm_err("%s for %s: %s", op->action, op->rsc, error.message);
         }
 
     } else {
-        DBusMessageIter args;
-
-        if(!dbus_message_iter_init(reply, &args)) {
-            crm_err("Call to %s failed: no arguments", op->action);
-
-        } else if(!pcmk_dbus_type_check(reply, &args, DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__)) {
+        if(!pcmk_dbus_type_check(reply, NULL, DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__)) {
             crm_warn("Call to %s passed but return type was unexpected", op->action);
             op->rc = PCMK_OCF_OK;
 
         } else {
             const char *path = NULL;
 
             dbus_message_get_args (reply, NULL,
                                    DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH, &path,
                                    DBUS_TYPE_INVALID);
             crm_info("Call to %s passed: %s", op->action, path);
             op->rc = PCMK_OCF_OK;
         }
     }
 
     operation_finalize(op);
 
     if(pending) {
         dbus_pending_call_unref(pending);
     }
     if(reply) {
         dbus_message_unref(reply);
     }
 }
 
 #define SYSTEMD_OVERRIDE_ROOT "/run/systemd/system/"
 
 gboolean
 systemd_unit_exec(svc_action_t * op, gboolean synchronous)
 {
     DBusError error;
     char *unit = NULL;
     const char *replace_s = "replace";
     gboolean pass = FALSE;
     const char *method = op->action;
     char *name = systemd_service_name(op->agent);
     DBusMessage *msg = NULL;
     DBusMessage *reply = NULL;
-    DBusMessageIter args;
 
     dbus_error_init(&error);
     op->rc = PCMK_OCF_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
     CRM_ASSERT(systemd_init());
 
     crm_debug("Performing %ssynchronous %s op on systemd unit %s named '%s'",
               synchronous ? "" : "a", op->action, op->agent, op->rsc);
 
     if (safe_str_eq(op->action, "meta-data")) {
         op->stdout_data = systemd_unit_metadata(op->agent);
         op->rc = PCMK_OCF_OK;
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
     pass = systemd_unit_by_name(op->agent, &unit);
     if (pass == FALSE) {
         crm_debug("Could not obtain unit named '%s'", op->agent);
 #if 0
         if (error && strstr(error->message, "systemd1.NoSuchUnit")) {
             op->rc = PCMK_OCF_NOT_INSTALLED;
             op->status = PCMK_LRM_OP_NOT_INSTALLED;
         }
 #endif
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
     if (safe_str_eq(op->action, "monitor") || safe_str_eq(method, "status")) {
         char *state = pcmk_dbus_get_property(systemd_proxy, BUS_NAME, unit, BUS_NAME ".Unit", "ActiveState");
 
         if (g_strcmp0(state, "active") == 0) {
             op->rc = PCMK_OCF_OK;
         } else {
             op->rc = PCMK_OCF_NOT_RUNNING;
         }
 
         free(state);
         goto cleanup;
 
     } else if (g_strcmp0(method, "start") == 0) {
         FILE *file_strm = NULL;
         char *override_dir = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", SYSTEMD_OVERRIDE_ROOT, unit);
         char *override_file = g_strdup_printf("%s/50-pacemaker.conf", override_dir);
 
         method = "StartUnit";
         crm_build_path(override_dir, 0755);
 
         file_strm = fopen(override_file, "w");
         if (file_strm != NULL) {
             int rc = fprintf(file_strm, "[Service]\nRestart=no");
             if (rc < 0) {
                 crm_perror(LOG_ERR, "Cannot write to systemd override file %s: %s (%d)", override_file, pcmk_strerror(errno), errno);
             }
 
         } else {
             crm_err("Cannot open systemd override file %s for writing: %s (%d)", override_file, pcmk_strerror(errno), errno);
         }
 
         if (file_strm != NULL) {
             fflush(file_strm);
             fclose(file_strm);
         }
         systemd_daemon_reload();
         free(override_file);
         free(override_dir);
 
     } else if (g_strcmp0(method, "stop") == 0) {
         char *override_file = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s/50-pacemaker.conf", SYSTEMD_OVERRIDE_ROOT, unit);
 
         method = "StopUnit";
         unlink(override_file);
         free(override_file);
         systemd_daemon_reload();
 
     } else if (g_strcmp0(method, "restart") == 0) {
         method = "RestartUnit";
     } else {
         op->rc = PCMK_OCF_UNIMPLEMENT_FEATURE;
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
     crm_debug("Calling %s for %s: %s", method, op->rsc, unit);
 
     msg = systemd_new_method(BUS_NAME".Manager", method);
     CRM_ASSERT(msg != NULL);
 
     /* (ss) */
     pcmk_dbus_append_arg(msg, DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &name);
     pcmk_dbus_append_arg(msg, DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &replace_s);
 
     if (synchronous == FALSE) {
         free(unit);
         free(name);
         return pcmk_dbus_send(msg, systemd_proxy, systemd_async_dispatch, op);
     }
 
+    dbus_error_init(&error);
     reply = pcmk_dbus_send_recv(msg, systemd_proxy, &error);
 
     if(error.name) {
         /* ignore "already started" or "not running" errors */
         if(!systemd_mask_error(op, error.name)) {
             crm_err("Could not issue %s for %s: %s (%s)", method, op->rsc, error.name, unit);
         }
         goto cleanup;
 
-    } else if(!dbus_message_iter_init(reply, &args)) {
-        crm_err("Call to %s failed: no arguments", method);
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    } else if(!pcmk_dbus_type_check(reply, &args, DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__)) {
+    } else if(!pcmk_dbus_type_check(reply, NULL, DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__)) {
         crm_warn("Call to %s passed but return type was unexpected", op->action);
         op->rc = PCMK_OCF_OK;
 
     } else {
         const char *path = NULL;
 
         dbus_message_get_args (reply, NULL,
                                DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH, &path,
                                DBUS_TYPE_INVALID);
         crm_info("Call to %s passed: %s", op->action, path);
         op->rc = PCMK_OCF_OK;
     }
 
   cleanup:
     free(unit);
     free(name);
 
     if(msg) {
         dbus_message_unref(msg);
     }
 
     if(reply) {
         dbus_message_unref(reply);
     }
 
     if (synchronous == FALSE) {
         operation_finalize(op);
         return TRUE;
     }
     return op->rc == PCMK_OCF_OK;
 }