it seems like in addition to the softstart issue, the init script is in need of some attention?
it runs start-stop-daemon to check the config and start the process, but both commands are or'd with a return 1 or return 2. the check to handle exit status 78 can never happen, because the only way it will continue in that function is if the exit status for both start-stop-daemon commands is 0. then, regardless of any of that, the script exits 0 no matter what, so systemd never knows something didn't go right. it's left thinking the service is running, but it's not. when the init script is changed to exit with the exit status of dkim, then systemd knows what's going on and handles the outcome as expected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1452538 Title: opendkim does not start properly when ldap server can't be contacted Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: when starting opendkim, if ldap is in use and the server cannot be contacted, opendkim gets stuck in a state where the system appears to think it has started, but is not actually running: >systemctl -l status opendkim ● opendkim.service - LSB: Start the OpenDKIM service Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/opendkim) Active: active (exited) since Wed 2015-05-06 23:16:20 EDT; 1min 24s ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 589 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/opendkim start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) May 06 23:16:19 server systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Start the OpenDKIM service... May 06 23:16:20 server opendkim[589]: Starting OpenDKIM: opendkim: /etc/opendkim/opendkim.conf: ldap://dsa.example.com/ou=domains,ou=mail,dc=example,dc=com?host?sub?(host=$d): dkimf_db_open(): Can't contact LDAP server May 06 23:16:20 server opendkim[589]: opendkim. May 06 23:16:20 server systemd[1]: Started LSB: Start the OpenDKIM service. >ps -aefwww | grep -iF dkim root 858 815 0 23:18 pts/0 00:00:00 grep -iF dkim additional attempts to start opendkim don't indicate failure, but also don't work: >systemctl start opendkim > >ps -aefwww | grep -iF dkim root 863 815 0 23:19 pts/0 00:00:00 grep -iF dkim additionally, as can be seen in the above systemctl status output, systemd appears to think that opendkim has started successfully, but when testing manually, it does not: >/usr/sbin/opendkim -x /etc/opendkim/opendkim.conf -u opendkim -P /var/run/opendkim/opendkim.pid opendkim: /etc/opendkim/opendkim.conf: ldap://dsa.example.com/ou=domains,ou=mail,dc=example,dc=com?host?sub?(host=$d): dkimf_db_open(): Can't contact LDAP server >echo $? 78 lastly, stopping opendkim [even though it's not really running] and then starting it again then results in it actually running: >systemctl stop opendkim >systemctl start opendkim >ps -aefwww | grep -iF opendkim opendkim 1105 1 0 23:24 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/opendkim -x /etc/opendkim/opendkim.conf -u opendkim -P /var/run/opendkim/opendkim.pid opendkim 1106 1105 0 23:24 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/opendkim -x /etc/opendkim/opendkim.conf -u opendkim -P /var/run/opendkim/opendkim.pid root 1117 815 0 23:25 pts/0 00:00:00 grep -iF opendkim To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1452538/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
