On 12/12/16 11:40, Stephen Davies wrote: > If I try to start sm-client with systemctl, I get: > > Dec 12 13:32:04 mustang.sdc.com.au sm-msp-queue2[5951]: starting daemon (8.15.1): > queueing@01:00:00 > Dec 12 13:32:04 mustang.sdc.com.au sm-msp-queue2[5951]: unable to write pid to > /var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid: Permission denied > Dec 12 13:33:34 mustang.sdc.com.au systemd[1]: sm-client.service: Start operation timed > out. Terminating. > Dec 12 13:33:34 mustang.sdc.com.au systemd[1]: Failed to start Sendmail Mail Transport > Client. > Dec 12 13:33:34 mustang.sdc.com.au systemd[1]: sm-client.service: Unit entered failed > state. > Dec 12 13:33:34 mustang.sdc.com.au systemd[1]: sm-client.service: Failed with result > 'timeout'. > > However, if I use: > > /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-msp-queue2 -Ac -q1h > > the queue manager starts and runs as expected. > > I am 99.99% sure that all my directory permissions are correct and give smmsp write > access to the relevant directories. Certainly /var/spool/clientmqueue. > > My sm-client.service is: > > [Unit] > Description=Sendmail Mail Transport Client > After=syslog.target network.target sendmail.service > Conflicts=postfix.service exim.service > BindTo=sendmail.service > > [Service] > Type=forking > PIDFile=/var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid > Environment=SENDMAIL_OPTS=-q1h > EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/sendmail > ExecStartPre=/bin/touch /var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid > ExecStartPre=/bin/chown smmsp:smmsp /var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid > ExecStartPre=/bin/chmod 660 /var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid > ExecStartPre=-/etc/mail/make > ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-msp-queue2 -Ac $SENDMAIL_OPTS $SENDMAIL_OPTARG > > [Install] > WantedBy=multi-user.target > Have you tried running with the default sm-client.service file instead of the modified version? -- You're Welcome Zachary Quinto _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx