-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi, In this leap 15.2 laptop postfix fails to start atuomatically during boot, because network, handled by network manager, has not started yet: minas-tirith:~ # systemctl status postfix ● postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/postfix.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2021-08-28 14:10:44 CEST; 1h 34min ago Process: 3066 ExecStopPost=/etc/postfix/system/cond_slp deregister (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 2719 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/postfix start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Process: 2699 ExecStartPre=/etc/postfix/system/update_postmaps (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 2695 ExecStartPre=/etc/postfix/system/update_chroot (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 2691 ExecStartPre=/etc/postfix/system/config_postfix (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 2668 ExecStartPre=/bin/echo Starting mail service (Postfix) (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Tasks: 0 CGroup: /system.slice/postfix.service Aug 28 14:10:42 minas-tirith postfix[2719]: fatal: parameter inet_interfaces: no local interface found for 192.168.1.9 Aug 28 14:10:43 minas-tirith systemd[1]: postfix.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1 Aug 28 14:10:44 minas-tirith systemd[1]: Failed to start Postfix Mail Transport Agent. Aug 28 14:10:44 minas-tirith systemd[1]: postfix.service: Unit entered failed state. Aug 28 14:10:44 minas-tirith systemd[1]: postfix.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. minas-tirith:~ # And systemd does not try to start it again after network becomes available. Could something be changed in the service file to correct the situation? minas-tirith:~ # systemctl cat postfix # /usr/lib/systemd/system/postfix.service # This file is part of package postfix. # # Copyright (c) 2021 SuSE LINUX Products GmbH, Germany. # Authors: Werner Fink, Peter Varkoly # Please send feedback to https://bugs.opensuse.org/ # # Description: # # Used to start the postfix Mail Transport Agent service # which handles all mails stored at /var/spool/postfix/ and # all connections on port 25 aka smtp at localhost as well # as on all other network interfaces. # [Unit] Description=Postfix Mail Transport Agent After=nss-lookup.target network.target time-sync.target After=amavis.service mysql.service cyrus.service ldap.service openslp.service ypbind.service Conflicts=sendmail.service exim.service [Service] Type=forking PIDFile=/var/spool/postfix/pid/master.pid ExecStartPre=-/bin/echo 'Starting mail service (Postfix)' EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/postfix ExecStartPre=/etc/postfix/system/config_postfix ExecStartPre=/etc/postfix/system/update_chroot ExecStartPre=/etc/postfix/system/update_postmaps ExecStart=/usr/sbin/postfix start ExecStartPost=/etc/postfix/system/wait_qmgr 60 ExecStartPost=/etc/postfix/system/cond_slp register ExecReload=/usr/sbin/postfix reload ExecReload=/usr/sbin/postfix flush ExecStop=/usr/sbin/postfix stop ExecStopPost=/etc/postfix/system/cond_slp deregister [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target minas-tirith:~ # - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE Leap 15.2 x86_64 (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iJIEAREIADoWIQQt/vKEw5659AgM/X2NrxRtxRYzXAUCYSo/nRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJEI2vFG3FFjNcCH8A/jFCI4mMJAEtro5ZmWF0 f5zV6ImW3pOzXTvkERWXcyGWAP9pgORQFrYXU2471LPWROerVmTvxU4c+MyVUI9x FacUgw== =Wx3+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----