Re: systemd misses services

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

On Fri 25 Apr 2025 at 09:24:14 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote:
> I did a new install of debian and find that exim and spamassassin are not recognized 
> services. That is, in /etc/systemd/system/ exim and spanassassin are not listed.
> 
> So when I do
> 
>   # systemctl start exim.service
>   RROR:systemctl:Unit exim.service could not be found.
> 
> This no help:
> 
> # systemctl enable exim.service
> ERROR:systemctl:Unit exim.service could not be found.
> 
> #  systemctl start exim
> ERROR:systemctl:Unit exim.service could not be found.
> 
> Why are exim and spamassassin automatically present as services?

You could try installing bash-completion. Subsequently:

  $ systemctl status exi    ← TAB pressed twice
  exim4-base.service  exim4-base.timer    exim4.service       exit.target         
  $ systemctl status exi

Cheers,
David.