On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 08:41:39AM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 8/9/2018 1:02 AM, Bill wrote: > >Hi, > > > >So I'd like to run rinetd at boot time on Stretch along with sshd. > > > >I've no problem running rinetd manually using /usr/sbin/rinetd > >or in a script using the same command. ps aux |grep rinetd shows it's > >running and it works as expected. > > > >So I've written a service file for systemd, > >/etc/systemd/system/rinetd.service and enabled it with systemctl enable > >/etc/systemd/system/rinetd.service. At boot time the file gets run but > >nothing shows up with ps aux, although sshd is running correctly. I think > >the problem is with the systemd file. Here's the rinetd.service file: > > > ># /etc/systemd/system/rinetd.service > ># A systemd.service file to start > ># /usr/sbin/rinetd at boot time. > > > >[Unit] > >Description=Start rinetd server > >After=multi-user.target network.target sshd.service
Try removing multi-user.target from the "After" directive > > > >[Service] > >Type=oneshot > >ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rinetd > >Restart=no > > > >[Install] > >WantedBy=multi-user.target I am guessing that specifying both "multi-user.target" in both the "After" and "WantedBy" directives is probably causing this service to fail. ** DISCLAIMER: I am new to SystemD myself > > > >Any clues? Is this file too sparse? Or am I pining for the fjords? > > > > Do you see anything in the log (systemctl status rinetd)? > > From google: > > https://github.com/mixool/rinetd/wiki/System-startup-script > https://github.com/mixool/rinetd > > Isn't Debian providing a service file? > > -- > John Doe >
