CentOS 7

[Kevin Fries]

Look in the journal.  It's sort of like dmesg and var/log combined for
SystemD controlled processes.

Kevin
On Aug 14, 2014 12:18 PM, "Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr." <
mailing-lists at phoenixinternet.net> wrote:

>  I am monitoring /var/log/messages
>
> Gilbert
>
> On 8/13/2014 4:09 PM, Kevin Fries wrote:
>
> Just to make sure we are using the same vernacular... you are looking at
> /var/logs or the Journal?
>
> Kevin
> On Aug 13, 2014 5:02 PM, "Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr." <
> mailing-lists at phoenixinternet.net> wrote:
>
>>  I am able to manually start ntpd using the command "systemctl start
>> ntpd.service". I thought I had indicated that in my original post. When I
>> run the enable command, it does create a sym link. Below is what it does...
>>
>> ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service'
>> '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ntpd.service'
>>
>> For some reason or another it is not starting though on boot.
>>
>> I looked at my log file and it is not showing any failure from what I can
>> see. I know that systemd is not starting ntpd automatically. I am using the
>> package that came with the distribution and am getting a bit frustrated
>> that such a simple thing is not working.
>>
>> Gilbert
>>
>>
>> On 8/13/2014 3:44 PM, Kevin Fries wrote:
>>
>> Try starting your ntp manually:
>>
>>      systemstl start ntpd
>>
>> You may see an error message referring you to the journal.  Startup
>> scripts in SystemD are not difficult, but are very different and can be a
>> bit intimidating until you realize they are no different that what you
>> always used but in a different order.
>>
>> If it starts ok but not on boot, your enable command is not working
>> right.  The enable command should create a symlink very similar to the old
>> rc3.d=> init.d link of old, only the locations are different.  Then on
>> startup, the system should run that script doing an equivalent of systemctl
>> start on it.
>>
>> So, try to start it manually and see what happens.
>>
>> Kevin
>> On Aug 13, 2014 4:30 PM, "Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr." <
>> mailing-lists at phoenixinternet.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I am playing with CentOS 7 and have been encountering some difficulties.
>>> I was wondering if anyone else has attempted to use it or is having
>>> problems?
>>>
>>> <positive>
>>> I was able to have the client machine join my Samba 4 windows domain and
>>> am able to authenticate to it. Yea!
>>>
>>> <negatives>
>>> I cannot get ntp to start at statup. I am always having to manually
>>> start it. I have run "systemctl enable ntpd.service" which I understand is
>>> the correct command for systemd to have an application start on boot (it
>>> was "chkconfig ntpd on" utilizing previous versions).
>>> There is the problem of applications... I cannot find a rdp client on
>>> the distro or epel. I found rdesktop on a repository that I have never used
>>> before and don't know if I trust.
>>>
>>> I am thinking about trying Linux Mint (http://www.linuxmint.com/) or
>>> kubuntu (http://www.kubuntu.org/). I am trying to see if I can operate
>>> at my office without Windows. I am very comfortable with CentOS versions
>>> prior to 7 am trying to stay with CentOS because all of my servers are
>>> based on one version of CentOS or another. I did not like CentOS 6 as a
>>> desktop and that is why I was trying 7. Debian based distros have always
>>> been intimidating since I am used to the package management, service calls,
>>> and locations of files in CentOS.
>>>
>>> Gilbert
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