Description of problem: The service opensmtpd won't start with message: opensmtpd.service: Failed to set up mount namespacing: No such file or directory Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): OS: Rocky 8.5 OpenSMTPD: 6.8.0p2-2 How reproducible: Always in the latest version (6.8.0p2-2). Works in previous version (6.8.0p2-1). Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install OpenSMTPD dnf -y install epel-release && dnf -y install opensmtpd 2. Try to start the service systemctl start opensmtpd.service Actual results: The service fails to start with the meessage: Job for opensmtpd.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status opensmtpd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. And from journalctl: nov 16 08:36:03 myhost.example.com systemd[1]: Starting OpenSMTPD mail daemon... nov 16 08:36:03 myhost.example.com systemd[1821]: opensmtpd.service: Failed to set up mount namespacing: No such file or directory nov 16 08:36:03 myhost.example.com systemd[1821]: opensmtpd.service: Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning /usr/sbin/smtpd: No such file or directory nov 16 08:36:03 myhost.example.com systemd[1]: opensmtpd.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=226 nov 16 08:36:03 myhost.example.com systemd[1]: opensmtpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. nov 16 08:36:03 myhost.example.com systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenSMTPD mail daemon. Expected results: The service should start successfully . Additional info: A little investigation tells me is related to the last release. From changelog: **2021-11-05** - Denis Fateyev <denis> - 6.8.0p2-2 - Add hardened security settings to service - Set "mbox" delivery method usage by default **2021-01-20** - Denis Fateyev <denis> - 6.8.0p2-1 - Update to 6.8.0p2 release I think this is the change to blame: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/opensmtpd/c/92611f2d37da8518783451cfb9f749f42a3b97c4?branch=epel8 I can confirm that previous version (6.8.0p2-1) is working as expected. dnf install -y https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/opensmtpd/6.8.0p2/1.el8/x86_64/opensmtpd-6.8.0p2-1.el8.x86_64.rpm systemctl start opensmtpd.service systemctl is-active opensmtpd.service active
Thanks for the report. Please test the latest package update.
FEDORA-2021-e667213a58 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 35. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-e667213a58
FEDORA-EPEL-2021-fceea1c7eb has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 8. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2021-fceea1c7eb
Thanks. That was fast. I can confirm that version 6.8.0p2-3 is working as expected.
FEDORA-EPEL-2021-fceea1c7eb has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 testing repository. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2021-fceea1c7eb See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2021-e667213a58 has been pushed to the Fedora 35 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2021-e667213a58` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-e667213a58 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2021-e667213a58 has been pushed to the Fedora 35 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
FEDORA-EPEL-2021-fceea1c7eb has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.