On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 22:58:25 +0800 Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2020-03-23 22:49, Kai Bojens wrote: > > Am 2020-03-23 14:20, schrieb Ranjan Maitra: > > > >> So, I am wondering if I could please set up my services for postfix to > >> be delayed unless/until VPN is up and running. If so, how do I go > >> about doing this? > > > > If your VPN is started via systemd you should take a look at Wants, Requires, Before, and After: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.unit.html > > > > You could then delay postfix until the VPN has been started. > > > > I was thinking about that. However, I'm not sure it will cover all cases for the OP. The OP > had written another post on this. From that post it sounded as if the VPN maybe up or down at > various times. So, while a delay in the start of postfix may be achieved it would continue to function > if the VPN is terminated. Yes, indeed. Can it be paused while VPN is not up? And btw, postfix is started via systemd but not VPN, that is, it is not started via systemd. Thanks, Ranjan _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
