Hello, can anyone kindly point me in the right direction in setting up dictd-server. I am
experienced with Linux but new to Fedora and SELinux.
I have installed the package:
dnf install dictd-service
Went through the docs:
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/INSTALL
Added a dictd config file:
/etc/dictd.conf
Now, I'm a bit confused. There are several example config files in the doc directory,
plus a folder of SELinux examples. I haven't allowed access in the dictd.conf file
since I'm only going to run on a local machine.
When I attempt to start with systemctl:
/bin/systemctl status dictd.service
I get the following error:
● dictd.service - Dictd Dictionary Server Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dictd.service; disabled; vendor preset:
disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2016-12-09 00:09:12 EST; 41s ago
Process: 2493 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dictd --listen-to 127.0.0.1 (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 2494 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Dec 09 00:09:12 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting Dictd Dictionary Server
Daemon...
Dec 09 00:09:12 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Dictd Dictionary Server Daemon.
Dec 09 00:09:12 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: dictd.service: Main process exited,
code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 09 00:09:12 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: dictd.service: Unit entered failed
state.
Dec 09 00:09:12 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: dictd.service: Failed with result
'exit-code'.
I looked through the internet for references, but I guess installing dictd-server on
Fedora 25 is not a popular thing to do. Thanks!