Description of problem: When inadyn is started by systemd, it works fine but does not fork into the background. systemd complains that the service timed out. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Name : inadyn-mt Arch : x86_64 Version : 2.24.36 Release : 11.fc19 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install inadyn-mt 2. Edit /etc/inadyn-mt.conf with dyndns account information. 3. # systemctl start inadyn Actual results: After a long time, systemctl returns with: [gabriel@localhost ~]$ sudo systemctl start inadyn Job for inadyn.service failed. See 'systemctl status inadyn.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. [gabriel@localhost ~]$ journalctl -xn -- Logs begin at Thu 2013-11-28 10:45:53 PST, end at Sun 2013-12-01 20:38:24 PST. -- Dec 01 20:36:57 localhost.localdomain inadyn[6812]: Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 04:36:57 Dec 01 20:36:57 localhost.localdomain inadyn[6812]: Server: Apache Dec 01 20:36:57 localhost.localdomain inadyn[6812]: X-User-Status: vip Dec 01 20:36:57 localhost.localdomain inadyn[6812]: Content-Type: text/plain Dec 01 20:36:57 localhost.localdomain inadyn[6812]: Accept-Ranges: none Dec 01 20:36:57 localhost.localdomain inadyn[6812]: Connection: close Dec 01 20:36:57 localhost.localdomain inadyn[6812]: good 24.6.80.191 Dec 01 20:38:24 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: inadyn.service operation timed out Dec 01 20:38:24 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start Inadyn-mt, registe -- Subject: Unit inadyn.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- Documentation: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog/be02cf685 -- -- Unit inadyn.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. Dec 01 20:38:24 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit inadyn.service entered failed (Note: the IP address *was* updated on dyndns) Expected results: That systemctl return immediately with no messages. Additional info: I worked around the problem by adding `--background' to /etc/inadyn-mt.conf . I tried to add it to /usr/lib/systemd/system/inadyn.service (Service.ExecStart), but that doesn't work. When you add any command-line arguments, it doesn't open the default config file.
This bug is still present in Fedora 20 as of 2014-02-15! IMHO: Type=simple and not using --background in the .conf file is the better solution. Works fine for me at least. Or stay with type forking and use --background. But the way it is currently does not fit together - either change the inadyn.conf that comes with the package or change the unit file (inadyn.service)! Also, when you're at this, please add # do not run as root change_persona 99:99 to the inadyn.conf file. Otherwise inadyn will run as root and I don't really see why the hell it should when it can do fine without by just adding a single line.
Changed Fedora Version to 20.
A better fix is to simply remove Type=forking from the service file and let systemd handle daemonization.
inadyn-mt-2.24.38-2.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/inadyn-mt-2.24.38-2.fc20
Package inadyn-mt-2.24.38-2.fc20: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing inadyn-mt-2.24.38-2.fc20' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-5892/inadyn-mt-2.24.38-2.fc20 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
inadyn-mt-2.24.38-2.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
(In reply to redhat-bugzilla from comment #1) > Also, when you're at this, please add > # do not run as root > change_persona 99:99 > > to the inadyn.conf file. Otherwise inadyn will run as root and I don't > really see why the hell it should when it can do fine without by just adding > a single line. Re-filed as #1100889 so it won't fall through the cracks.