Service file: [Unit] Description=Mailman Master Queue Runner After=network.target
[Service] Type=forking PIDFile=/var/run/mailman/mailman.pid ExecStart=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl -s start ExecStop=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl stop ExecReload=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl restart Restart=always RestartSec=3s RestartPreventExitStatus=1 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Alias=mailman-qrunner.service No joy on the chmod. Same error. Thanks. On Thu, May 23, 2019, at 10:17 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > On 5/23/19 7:02 AM, Fabian A. Santiago wrote: > > > > ok, the issue occurred again with the same error. the complaint is (from > > systemctl status ... -l): > > > > May 23 09:44:40 mail systemd[1]: mailman.service: Can't open PID file > > /var/run/mailman/mailman. > > > > journalctl -xe reports: > > > > May 23 09:46:02 mail CRON[18652]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed > > for user sogo > > May 23 09:46:10 mail systemd[1]: mailman.service: Start operation timed > > out. Terminating. > > May 23 09:46:10 mail systemd[1]: mailman.service: Failed with result > > 'timeout'. > > May 23 09:46:10 mail systemd[1]: Failed to start Mailman Master Queue > > Runner. > > -- Subject: Unit mailman.service has failed > > > > there is no pid file present in that location. am i wrong in assuming > > that gets created when the service starts? > > > > the dir permissions in that path are: > > > > root@mail:/var/run/mailman# ls -la > > total 0 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 list list 40 May 23 09:41 . > > drwxr-xr-x 38 root root 1260 May 23 09:06 .. > > > It's hard to say without seeing the contents of your mailman.service > file (or if it is generated by systemd-sysv-generator, the > /etc/init.d/mailman file), but `chmod g+w /var/run/mailman` may help. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/fsantiago%40gjb-online.com > -- Fabian S. OpenPGP: 0xA1250C2112D2D0E53E5BD964BBB5B16CFB701CD7 Quick link to shared public key: https://keys.mailvelope.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBBB5B16CFB701CD7 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org