Re: OpenSMTPD won't start as part of systemd

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 10/29/2021 7:16 AM, Paul M. Foster wrote:
> On 10/28/21 10:17 PM, David Wright wrote:
> > 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.
>
> A lot to examine...
>
> One thing stands out. There is an error of sorts in /etc/daemon.log:
>
> Oct 26 17:44:05 dudley systemd-udevd[271]:
> /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-ifupdown.rules: 2 Unknown group 'netdev', ignoring
>
> I "accidentally" deleted the "netdev" group a few days ago. I wonder if
> that's the reason.

If it was working before that removal, that's probably it!!! :)

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John Doe