Re: [Fetchmail-users] systemd start error

[Matthias A. <mat...@gm...>]

Am 03.02.20 um 02:00 schrieb Joe Acquisto-j4:
> Migrated to a new platform,  installed the provided package, fetchmail 6.3.26 just to ease my pain.
>
> All works fine loading fetchmail manually but I cannot get fetchmail to start on boot.   Just starting familiarization with systemd.
>
> This is what I get from systemctl status fetchmail:
>
> Feb 02 19:48:53 localhost systemd[1]: Started A remote-mail retrieval utility.
> Feb 02 19:48:53 localhost fetchmail-systemd-exec[13677]: $FETCHMAIL_RC_PATH does not exist or cannot be read
>
> I moved /root/.fetchmailrc to /etc/fetchmail, where it seemed to be expected to be.  Still objected.  Changed file permissions and was told it could only be 700.  Set it back, same result.
>
> What could be the issue?  Ownership?

Joe,

I am sorry to write that this has just taken you further away from a
solution because you brought unknown third-party launcher scripts to the
table. Answering those questions you pose would amount to guesswork or
massive remote debugging, and we can't help you on this list with a
third-party package.

Reason, the systemd stuff that your outdated package has provided you
with is not part of fetchmail, but has been provided by your package
provider, whoever that is, you don't reveal it, so even users of that
system wouldn't necessarily recognize it. I know nothing about it and
will not support it. FETCHMAIL_RC_PATH is not from fetchmail either but
also that third party systemd whatever.

Finally, "localhost" isn't a proper fully-qualified domain name, so the
system isn't correctly set up, and I've just last week-end explained
that to another user here:
<https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail/issues/12>, and in particular,
<https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail/issues/12#note_280354348> and
<https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail/issues/12#note_280567189>.

Setting up mail systems requires a careful, patient and iterative
approach and not hasty reactions. Sorry again.

Cheers,
Matthias