Funnily enough there is a workaround for me... ssh user@server "pactl list"
works fine and does not return an error. Wondering if the case I'm looking at has nothing to do with pactl. Trying to figure out other cases that might result in the same failure. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/832401 Title: pactl command fails with connection refused To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/832401/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs