Hello all,

I have just upgraded my F13 machine to F15. This acts as a server,
providing mail and web etc. (only 3 users - it's for me and my family).
I have tried very hard to understand how systemd works but I'm just not
there yet.

I was OK with init scripts and chkconfig, but now when I try to start a
service I often get a cheery "OK" on the terminal, but in fact the
service has failed completely. Even if I get a "Failed" message I can't
find anywhere the reason why the startup failed. I have resorted to
starting the offending application by typing the name of the binary into
a terminal to see what messages it provides...

Anyway... Rant over...

The real problem I have is that after a reboot, several key services
fail to start. The crucial ones (for me) are sendmail and dovecot. There
are no messages in any logs (that I can find), but my mailchain just
isn't working.

I start them manually, and then all is well. I can't understand why
(especially sendmail) fails to start after a reboot.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance...

Mark

# chkconfig dovecot --list

Note: This output shows SysV services only and does not include native
systemd services. SysV configuration data might be overridden by native
systemd configuration.

# chkconfig sendmail --list

Note: This output shows SysV services only and does not include native
systemd services. SysV configuration data might be overridden by native
systemd configuration.

sendmail 0ff 1ff 2n 3n 4n 5n 6ff

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On 06/05/2011 06:35 AM, Arthur Dent wrote:
> I have tried very hard to understand how systemd works but I'm just not
> there yet.

Hi,

I haven't used it yet. Check out this link (from the main systemd
author) which has plenty of information:

http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-docs.html

Regards,
Jorge
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On Sunday, June 05, 2011 06:35:37 Arthur Dent wrote:
> The real problem I have is that after a reboot, several key services
> fail to start. The crucial ones (for me) are sendmail and dovecot. There
> are no messages in any logs (that I can find), but my mailchain just
> isn't working.

I have encountered the same problem (sendmail not starting). For now,
I am just doing this after boot:

sudo systemctl start sendmail.service

You will want to do the same with dovecot.service .

I'm probably missing something having to do with systemd(?).

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On Sun, 5 Jun 2011 10:05:34 -0400
"Garry T. Williams" <gtwilliams@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sunday, June 05, 2011 06:35:37 Arthur Dent wrote:
> > The real problem I have is that after a reboot, several key services
> > fail to start. The crucial ones (for me) are sendmail and dovecot.
> > There are no messages in any logs (that I can find), but my
> > mailchain just isn't working.
>
> I have encountered the same problem (sendmail not starting). For now,
> I am just doing this after boot:
>
> sudo systemctl start sendmail.service
>
> You will want to do the same with dovecot.service .
>
> I'm probably missing something having to do with systemd(?).

Does:

sudo systemctl enable sendmail.service

fix it to start on boot?

Or:

sudo chkconfig sendmail on

?

kevin
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On Sunday, June 05, 2011 10:07:35 Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> Does:
>
> sudo systemctl enable sendmail.service
>
> fix it to start on boot?
>
> Or:
>
> sudo chkconfig sendmail on
>
> ?

I did systemctl enable sendmail.service initially tinking that was all
I needed. When I noticed that failed at reboot, I did chkconfig
sendmail on and that didn't help matters.

I see a mail-transfer-agent.target in /lib/systemd/system, but my
systemd knowledge is lacking. Should this unit be referenced in
another unit, say multiuser.target? Should there be a link to it in
/usr/lib/systemd/user?

Would systemd.log_level=debug be of any use?

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On Sunday, June 05, 2011 10:05:34 Garry T. Williams wrote:
> On Sunday, June 05, 2011 06:35:37 Arthur Dent wrote:
> > The real problem I have is that after a reboot, several key services
> > fail to start. The crucial ones (for me) are sendmail and dovecot. There
> > are no messages in any logs (that I can find), but my mailchain just
> > isn't working.
>
> I have encountered the same problem (sendmail not starting).

This is reported: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704393

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On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 11:14 -0400, Garry T. Williams wrote:
> On Sunday, June 05, 2011 10:05:34 Garry T. Williams wrote:
> > On Sunday, June 05, 2011 06:35:37 Arthur Dent wrote:
> > > The real problem I have is that after a reboot, several key services
> > > fail to start. The crucial ones (for me) are sendmail and dovecot. There
> > > are no messages in any logs (that I can find), but my mailchain just
> > > isn't working.
> >
> > I have encountered the same problem (sendmail not starting).
>
> This is reported: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704393

Ahh - Thank you Gary.

I'm glad it's not just me. I though I had broken something...

Thanks again.

Mark

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On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 09:12 -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
> On 06/05/2011 06:35 AM, Arthur Dent wrote:
> > I have tried very hard to understand how systemd works but I'm just not
> > there yet.
>
> Hi,
>
> I haven't used it yet. Check out this link (from the main systemd
> author) which has plenty of information:
>
> http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-docs.html
>
> Regards,
> Jorge

Hi Jorge,

Thanks very much. At first I was just going to moan that the page you
sent me was only the man pages (which I had already looked at), but then
I scrolled down and started to read the blog entries. Much more what I
am looking for.

I don't have much time at the moment, but I'll try to read more
thoroughly sometime next week.

Thanks again!

Mark

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On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 11:35:37AM +0100, Arthur Dent wrote:
Hi,

>
> The real problem I have is that after a reboot, several key services
> fail to start. The crucial ones (for me) are sendmail and dovecot. There
> are no messages in any logs (that I can find), but my mailchain just
> isn't working.
>
> I start them manually, and then all is well. I can't understand why
> (especially sendmail) fails to start after a reboot.
>

Same problem here also. There are no error messages in maillog on why
sendmail process is dead after a boot. Has to be started manually.

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On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 10:25:16AM -0400, Garry T. Williams wrote:
> On Sunday, June 05, 2011 10:07:35 Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> > Does:
> >
> > sudo systemctl enable sendmail.service
> >
> > fix it to start on boot?
> >
> > Or:
> >
> > sudo chkconfig sendmail on
> >
> > ?
>
> I did systemctl enable sendmail.service initially tinking that was all
> I needed. When I noticed that failed at reboot, I did chkconfig
> sendmail on and that didn't help matters.
>
> I see a mail-transfer-agent.target in /lib/systemd/system, but my
> systemd knowledge is lacking. Should this unit be referenced in
> another unit, say multiuser.target? Should there be a link to it in
> /usr/lib/systemd/user?
>
> Would systemd.log_level=debug be of any use?
>

If one looks for dovecot entry through systemctl list-units, one can't
grep it.

The names are strange like, as mentioned, mail-transfer-agent.target.

It was easier earlier to check things through the names of the daemon
programs.

Strangely the output of systemctl list-units, is automatically piped through
, maybe "less" which may cause problems if used in scripts.

Also, why systemctl does not take two dashes for long args. Why are we
breaking away from set pattern of unix semantics & philosophy?

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