Scott, I too wrote a startup script for systemd. Your script may be better than mine , but I'll post it as another example. # cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/listserv.service [Unit] Description=LISTSERV startup script After=syslog.target network.target postfix.service [Service] ExecStart=/listserv/go bg ExecReload=/listserv/go bg ExecStop=/usr/bin/kill `/usr/bin/cat /listserv/spool/listserv.PID` PIDFile=/listserv/spool/listserv.PID Type=simple RemainAfterExit=yes User=listserv Group=listserv [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target -Rich H Consultant, Concordia University System From: LISTSERV Site Administrators' Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Scott Kraczek Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 4:22 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: systemd registration of listserv on modern Linux Howdy, I tried dropping the L-Soft provided sysV script into /etc/init.d on my new RHEL7 listserv server, but found that stopping the service under systemd failed to kill all the ./lsv processes like it used to on RHEL5, leaving two ./lsv zombies to get in the way of maintenance operations. In general, killing the main Listserv PID as recommended by L-Soft just doesn't seem to kill Listserv anymore: kill `cat $LSVHOME/spool/listserv.PID` Since I couldn't find a reliable method to kill listserv all the way from the PID, I tried using the lcmd tool to issue a clean SHUTDOWN command to listserv. I couldn't convince listserv that root was authorized to run commands without making root@hostname a quiet, hidden Admin. Eventually I was able to convince lcmd to shutdown listserv, but I'm not sure if this is the best way. Since I was re-writing the init script, I figured I might as well learn systemd. I came up with the following systemd unit file, (which relies on root@hostname to be a Listserv admin): [Unit] Description=Listserv mailing lists by LSoft After=network.target postfix.service [Service] PIDFile=/home/listserv/spool/listserv.PID ExecStart=/home/listserv/go bg ExecReload=/home/listserv/go bg KillMode=process Restart=on-failure RestartSec=42s ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/lcmd SHUTDOWN [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Anyone have a better, more reliable way to register Listserv under systemd? Scott K IT Engineer, BYU ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list, click the following link: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1 ############################ To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1