On 18-07-2021 13:17, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
> Greetings
>
> I have, at least temporarily, abandoned installing 'Evergreen' - -
> library software.
>
> Far too many books around here never mind a huge collection of papers
> most often pdfs.
>
> The Evergreen 'system' uses ejabberd as a communication tool and it
> would seem to me (new at digging under the hood as it were) that
> ejabberd is quite intertwined into this system.
>
> Ejabberd was installed as part of the install but then in the setup
> it is necessary to shut it off.
> The install workflow used 'systemctl' etc etc as a control
> I used 'service ejabberd stop' which worked but when I wanted to
> restart the service the complaints started.
>
> Is there a simple way to change this reliance on systemd or is this
> something better left to someone who does know what they're doing (not
> me - - - grin!)?
>
> TIA
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Most likely you cannot do service ejabberd restart after a stop. You
have to use service ejabberd start
Otherwise you get a error/warning that no running service has been found
before starting the service.

Grtz

Nick