On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 6:04 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I attempt to start with systemctl:
>     /bin/systemctl status dictd.service

That says status, not start.


Sorry, that was a cut and paste mistake.

Well...I'm at a total loss here. Default install of dictd-server works great:

dnf install dictd-server
systemctl enable dictd
systemctl start dictd

"systemctl status dictd" shows it being active. But, when I edit the config file /etc/dictd.conf adding paths and restart, status show failed or dead. I changed owner and permissions on the dictionary files, but doesn't seem to help.

Somehow, I feel this all should be easier (I'm kind of missing Debian now).

/etc/dictd.conf below:

global {
    #syslog
    #syslog_facility daemon
}

# Add database definitions here...

database gcide { data "/usr/local/share/dict/wn.dict.dz"
         index "/usr/local/share/dict/wn.index" }


# We stop the search here
database_exit

# Add hidden database definitions here...