the pulseaudio README.Debian file shipped in the pulseaudio package
refers to a non-existent file:

that file was shipped in jessie's pulseaudio, but is nonexistent in
pulseaudio 8.

please consider updating the documentation for system-wide pulseaudio
operation.

best regards
chrysn

Hello,

Five years later this bug is still around and not even a single
commenthas been posted.

It would be really helpful to get feedback on this.

Thanks,

Sébastien.

An update would be welcome, indeed.

I have a clock that plays a sound every hour. It is run from the crontab, and
I need pulse audio when no user is logged in.

This is just an example where the use of a system-wide pulseaudio instance
comes handy.

For the reference, here's the leny file pointed at.