systemd broken for key servcies in F16

Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak mjc at avtechpulse.com
Thu Jan 19 15:45:23 UTC 2012


> [root at voyager ~]# systemctl status ntpd.service
> ntpd.service
> 	  Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory)
> 	  Active: inactive (dead)
> [root at voyager ~]# systemctl status spamd.service
> spamd.service
> 	  Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory)
> 	  Active: inactive (dead)
>
> So what file is missing and why did the package maintainer fail to
> include it?
>
> [root at voyager ~]# yum list installed | grep -e spamassassin -e ntp
>
> ntpdate.x86_64                        4.2.6p4-1.fc16
> @fedora
> spamassassin.x86_64                   3.3.2-7.fc16
> @fedora

ntpd.service is provided by the ntp package, which you do not have 
installed.

yum provides "*/ntpd.service" would have told you that.

You need:

yum install ntp


ntpdate is not the same thing.


- Mike



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