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Need help adapting vncserver@:1.service to a user service

If I create /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:1.service (per the wiki), starting it runs without errors just fine.

% cat /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:1.service 
[Unit]
Description=Remote desktop service (VNC)
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=facade
PAMName=login

# Clean any existing files in /tmp/.X11-unix environment
ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i > /dev/null 2>&1 || :'
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -desktop sandbox -geometry 2000x1200 -fg -AlwaysShared -localhost -dpi 100 %i
ExecStop=/usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

I would like to adapt the system service to a user service.  I just copied it to ~/.config/systemd/user and removed the User= directive since it will not run in usermode with that specified.  I am finding that when I run the user service, that the following lxpolkit bug has returned: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/42703

As I understand it, the PAMName=login needs to be present to keep the bug from occuring BUT it needs to paired with a User= directive to work which again, fails in user mode.  Any thoughts are welcomed.

% systemctl --user start vncserver@:1.service 
Job for vncserver@:1.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status vncserver@:1.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

% systemctl --user status vncserver@:1.service
● vncserver@:1.service - Remote desktop service (VNC)
   Loaded: loaded (/home/facade/.config/systemd/user/vncserver@:1.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2015-08-02 06:37:34 EDT; 3min 9s ago
  Process: 1110 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i > /dev/null 2>&1 || : (code=exited, status=216/GROUP)

Aug 02 06:37:34 phobos systemd[980]: Starting Remote desktop service (VNC)...
Aug 02 06:37:34 phobos systemd[1110]: vncserver@:1.service: Failed at step GROUP spawning /bin/sh: Operation not permitted
Aug 02 06:37:34 phobos systemd[980]: vncserver@:1.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=216
Aug 02 06:37:34 phobos systemd[980]: Failed to start Remote desktop service (VNC).
Aug 02 06:37:34 phobos systemd[980]: vncserver@:1.service: Unit entered failed state.
Aug 02 06:37:34 phobos systemd[980]: vncserver@:1.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

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