Re: OpenSMTPD won't start as part of systemd
On Thu 28 Oct 2021 at 21:34:26 (-0400), Paul M. Foster wrote:
> On 10/28/21 5:11 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 04:42:52PM -0400, Paul M. Foster wrote:
> > > This is just an annoyance, but it really shouldn't happen. As my system is
> > > rebooting, and all the startup chatter echos to the screen, I notice that
> > > OpenSMTPd fails to start. Once I'm logged in, I can start it manually with
> > > no problem. When I look at the failure mode, it appears that it thinks the
> > > "eno1" interface isn't functioning, so it can't monitor that interface.
> > Are you bringing up eno1 with /etc/network/interfaces? If so, make
> > sure it's marked as "auto", not as "allow-hotplug".
>
> Well, that's interesting. Here is my /etc/network/interfaces:
>
> ===
> source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> ===
>
> There's nothing in /etc/network/interfaces.d/ . This is a stock Debian
> 11 install, so whatever's in this file hasn't been messed with. No
> mention of eno1. However, it DOES come up. Any clues?
Perhaps look at your logs and dmesg; and post how your networking is
intended to come up.
Cheers,
David.
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