Re: setting up dictd-server on local machine

2016-12-09 Thread Steve Foley
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > Then that pretty clearly means that there's something wrong with what > you're putting in the config file. Check the journal, check for selinux > errors, etc. Given that it works when run as root, that would indicate a > permission or an sel

Re: setting up dictd-server on local machine

2016-12-09 Thread Steve Foley
UPDATE: running: [root@localhost ~]# dictd works great and I can access the wordnet dictionary through xfce's dictionary reader, so there's a problem with starting it with systemctl. Anyway, I don't want to take up more of the groups time. Thanks everyone and I'll figure it out one way or anot

Re: setting up dictd-server on local machine

2016-12-09 Thread Steve Foley
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 6:04 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan 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

Re: setting up dictd-server on local machine

2016-12-08 Thread Steve Foley
Thanks for the quick reply! On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 1:01 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > Well, at this point all I can tell is I did this on an F25 VM that I > have > > 1. dnf install dictd-server > 2. systemctl enable dictd > 3. systemctl start dictd > > This works for me. I didn't use systemc