[Mailman-Users] Starting mailman on reboot

[Odhiambo Washington]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 at 19:19, Mark Sapiro <mark at msapiro.net> wrote:

> On 2/27/19 1:45 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> >>
> > The script in misc/ is the only one named mailman though. There is none
> in
> > scripts/.
>
> That was a mistake in the manual. It is now fixed. See
> <https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-install/node42.html>.
>
>
> > I copied that into etc/init.d/ and rebooted, but mailman did not come up
> > still.
>
>
> You may need 'chmod +x etc/init.d/'.
>

I did that too.


>
> What does 'systemctl status mailman' show?


root at lists:/home/wash# ls -al /etc/init.d/mailman
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2222 Feb 27 12:30 /etc/init.d/mailman
root at lists:/home/wash# systemctl status mailman
● mailman.service - LSB: GNU Mailman
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/mailman; generated)
   Active: failed (Result: protocol) since Wed 2019-02-27 12:40:17 EAT; 10h
ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 810 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/mailman start (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCES

Feb 27 12:40:13 lists systemd[1]: Starting LSB: GNU Mailman...
Feb 27 12:40:17 lists systemd[1]: mailman.service: New main PID 1993 does
not ex
Feb 27 12:40:17 lists systemd[1]: mailman.service: Failed with result
'protocol'
Feb 27 12:40:17 lists systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: GNU Mailman.
lines 1-10/10 (END)...skipping...
● mailman.service - LSB: GNU Mailman
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/mailman; generated)
   Active: failed (Result: protocol) since Wed 2019-02-27 12:40:17 EAT; 10h
ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 810 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/mailman start (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)

Feb 27 12:40:13 lists systemd[1]: Starting LSB: GNU Mailman...
Feb 27 12:40:17 lists systemd[1]: mailman.service: New main PID 1993 does
not exist or is a zombie.
Feb 27 12:40:17 lists systemd[1]: mailman.service: Failed with result
'protocol'.
Feb 27 12:40:17 lists systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: GNU Mailman.

...
Not sure what is going on ...

root at lists:/home/wash# ps ax | grep mailman
 2422 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/python
/usr/local/mailman/bin/mailmanctl -s -q start
 2423 ?        S      0:05 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=ArchRunner:0:1 -s
 2424 ?        S      0:05 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=BounceRunner:0:1 -s
 2425 ?        S      0:04 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=CommandRunner:0:1 -s
 2426 ?        S      0:05 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=IncomingRunner:0:1 -s
 2427 ?        S      0:04 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=NewsRunner:0:1 -s
 2428 ?        S      0:07 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=OutgoingRunner:0:1 -s
 2429 ?        S      0:07 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=VirginRunner:0:1 -s
 2430 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=RetryRunner:0:1 -s
23841 pts/0    S+     0:00 grep --color=auto mailman

root at lists:/home/wash# /etc/init.d/mailman stop
root at lists:/home/wash# ps ax | grep mailman
23845 pts/0    S+     0:00 grep --color=auto mailman

root at lists:/home/wash# systemctl status mailman
● mailman.service - LSB: GNU Mailman
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/mailman; generated)
   Active: failed (Result: protocol) since Wed 2019-02-27 12:40:17 EAT; 10h
ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 810 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/mailman start (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)

Feb 27 12:40:13 lists systemd[1]: Starting LSB: GNU Mailman...
Feb 27 12:40:17 lists systemd[1]: mailman.service: New main PID 1993 does
not exist or is a zombie.
Feb 27 12:40:17 lists systemd[1]: mailman.service: Failed with result
'protocol'.
Feb 27 12:40:17 lists systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: GNU Mailman.

root at lists:/home/wash# systemctl start mailman
root at lists:/home/wash# ps ax | grep mailman
23884 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/python
/usr/local/mailman/bin/mailmanctl -s -q start
23885 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=ArchRunner:0:1 -s
23886 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=BounceRunner:0:1 -s
23887 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=CommandRunner:0:1 -s
23888 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=IncomingRunner:0:1 -s
23889 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=NewsRunner:0:1 -s
23890 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=OutgoingRunner:0:1 -s
23891 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=VirginRunner:0:1 -s
23892 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=RetryRunner:0:1 -s
23896 pts/0    S+     0:00 grep --color=auto mailman

-- 
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
"Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-)