On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote: > I got a postfix.service file from a postfix developer and installed it in > /etc/systemd/system as the docs mention. > > I then moved the /etc/init.d/postfix file away, reloaded the systemd daemon, > and did: > > # systemctl start postfix > # systemctl status postfix > > and got several lines basically saying posfix.service was disabled.
The exact message is: * postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/postfix.service; disabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2017-08-18 04:51:33 CDT; 2 days ago CGroup: /system.slice/postfix.service |- 1505 /usr/lib/postfix/master |- 9515 pickup -l -t unix -u -c `-19868 qmgr -l -t unix -u The contents of the postfix.service file are; [Unit] Description=Postfix Mail Transport Agent Conflicts=sendmail.service exim4.service ConditionPathExists=/etc/postfix/main.cf [Service] Type=oneshot RemainAfterExit=yes ExecStart=/bin/true ExecReload=/bin/true [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Thanks. -Tom ju