Okay, my very rudimentary investigations (sorry if this isn't what you're looking for):
/lib/systemd/system/virtlockd-admin.socket contains: [Unit] Description=Virtual machine lock manager admin socket Before=libvirtd.service [Socket] ListenStream=/var/run/libvirt/virtlockd-admin-sock Server=virtlockd.service [Install] WantedBy=sockets.target systemctl status virtlockd.service gives: annadane@debian:~$ systemctl status virtlockd.service ● virtlockd.service - Virtual machine lock manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/virtlockd.service; indirect; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) Docs: man:virtlockd(8) https://libvirt.org annadane@debian:~$ systemctl start virtlockd.service ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units === A dependency job for virtlockd.service failed. See 'journalctl -xe' for details. journalctl -xe gives: Mar 15 17:30:58 debian systemd[1]: virtlockd-admin.socket: Socket service virtlockd-admin.service not loaded, refusing. Mar 15 17:30:58 debian systemd[1]: Failed to listen on Virtual machine lock manager admin socket. -- Subject: Unit virtlockd-admin.socket has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support -- -- Unit virtlockd-admin.socket has failed. -- -- The result is RESULT. Mar 15 17:30:58 debian systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Virtual machine lock manager. -- Subject: Unit virtlockd.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support -- -- Unit virtlockd.service has failed. -- -- The result is RESULT. Mar 15 17:30:58 debian systemd[1]: virtlockd.service: Job virtlockd.service/start failed with result 'dependency'. Mar 15 17:30:58 debian polkitd(authority=local)[639]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:8683:10538976 (system bus name :1.127, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_CA.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)