Service was in default runlevel but didn't start

audiodef

According to uptime, my server has been up for 18 hours, explaining why I haven't been getting mails via postfix/dovecot. But despite those two services being in my default runlevel, they were apparently not started when my server rebooted. (It's a hosted dedicated, it wasn't me that rebooted it, otherwise I would have checked for this stuff as part of my bootup check.)

Why would a service not be running if it's in the default runlevel?
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:00 pm Post subject:

audiodef,

It failed to start for some reason, or something it depends on failed to start.

Poke around in /run/openrc/* and see what you find.

Try starting the services manually. That may give useful information.
Stop the services Then start them. Any errors on the command line, dmesg or the service log files (if they have them)?

Lastly, ensure the services are stopped, stop and zap them if you are not sure.
Run the services in the foreground (see the man pages) any problems will be reported in the console.
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audiodef · Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:49 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Neddy.

I suspect it's related to my having given apache a password. It cannot be (re)started without it, and since postfix references my apache-managed domain, that probably caused my mail server to not start.

So, the question I was originally going to post: what's a good way to set up a cron job that monitors apache/postfix/dovecot and mails me if any of them are not running?
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szatox · Advocate Joined: 27 Aug 2013 Posts: 3131

How about:

audiodef · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:28 pm Post subject:

Thanks, szatox.

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