systemd 'service' problem

[Neal Becker]

sudo service sendmail status
Failed to get D-Bus connection: Failed to connect to socket 
/org/freedesktop/systemd1/private: Connection refused
Failed to get D-Bus connection: Failed to connect to socket 
/org/freedesktop/systemd1/private: Connection refused
sendmailFailed to get D-Bus connection: Failed to connect to socket 
/org/freedesktop/systemd1/private: Connection refused
sm-clientFailed to get D-Bus connection: Failed to connect to socket 
/org/freedesktop/systemd1/private: Connection refused

[nbecker at nbecker6-f15 ~]$ ps aux | grep sendmail
root       974  0.0  0.0  96548   520 ?        Ss   May02   0:31 sendmail: 
accepting connections
smmsp     1072  0.0  0.0  78224   340 ?        Ss   May02   0:01 sendmail: Queue 
runner at 01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
nbecker  11758  0.0  0.0 108640   904 pts/1    S+   09:30   0:00 grep --
color=auto sendmail