[Spce-user] Error when configuring exim: invoke-rc.d: policy-rc.d denied execution of restart

[Michael Prokop]

Hi,

* Thomas Georg [Fri Aug 17, 2018 at 04:03:57PM +0000]:

> when configuring exim via "dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config"
> I get the following error: invoke-rc.d: policy-rc.d denied execution of restart

This is a warning message only, not an actual error (unless the
`dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config` really fails hard for you, please
let us know if so!).

See `man 8 invoke-rc.d` section "INIT SCRIPT POLICY" for
details about policy-rc.d.

> Any idea?

This behavior was introduced as of mr6.2.1 with the switch systemd
to prevent automatic service (re)starts/stops.

By invoking `sudo ngcp-service exim4 restart` or `sudo systemctl
restart exim4` you should be able to restart the service anyway.

I'll open an internal ticket to discuss the permanent presence of
the policy-rc.d script (which is causing this "invoke-rc.d:
policy-rc.d denied execution of restart" message) for situations
like `dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config`.

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regards,
-mika-
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