some additional detail regarding SoftStart - it seems to not be working right [systemd issues excluded]:
>egrep -v '(^[[:space:]]*#|^[[:space:]]*$)' opendkim.conf Syslog yes SyslogSuccess yes LogWhy yes UMask 002 BaseDirectory /etc/opendkim Socket inet:dkim-filter@localhost Mode s Quarantine no RemoveOldSignatures no SubDomains no SoftStart yes LDAPUseTLS yes LDAPBindUser cn=opendkim,ou=exo,ou=services,ou=accounts,dc=example,dc=com LDAPBindPassword xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx InternalHosts localhost, 192.0.2.1 Selector default KeyFile /etc/opendkim/keys/default-private_key.pem Domain ldap://dsa.example.com/ou=domains,ou=mail,dc=example,dc=com?host?sub?(host=$d) >/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 according to the init script, exit status 78 indicates a configuration error? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1452538 Title: opendkim does not start properly when ldap server can't be contacted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1452538/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs