#1143898 wide-dhcpv6-client: daemon doesn't start on Testing Unit wide-dhcpv6-client.service not found. #1143898
- Package:
- wide-dhcpv6-client
- Source:
- wide-dhcpv6-client
- Description:
- DHCPv6 client for automatic IPv6 hosts configuration
- Submitter:
- Russell Coker
- Date:
- 2026-08-09 04:17:02 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
root@xev:~# service wide-dhcpv6-client restart Failed to restart wide-dhcpv6-client.service: Unit wide-dhcpv6-client.service not found. root@xev:~# /etc/init.d/wide-dhcpv6-client restart Restarting wide-dhcpv6-client (via systemctl): wide-dhcpv6-client.serviceFailed to restart wide-dhcpv6-client.service: Unit wide-dhcpv6-client.service not found. failed! Since upgrading my gateway system to Testing I have got the above errors when trying to start this daemon. The scripts etc are all the same, just upgrading Debian. I presume it's related to the newer version of systemd. Could we have a systemd service file for it?
This is basically a dupe of #1039419. Best, Chris
This service file has basically worked for me. Just need a way of configuring the interface. [Unit] Description=wide-dhcpv6-client [Service] RestartSec=20 Restart=always ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dhcp6c -f -Pdefault ppp0 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID KillMode=mixed Type=simple RestartForceExitStatus=133 SuccessExitStatus=133 CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_ CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_FSETID CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SETGID CAP_SETPCAP CAP_SETUID CAP_SYS_CHROOT CAP_SYS_NICE CAP_SYS_RESOURCE CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG ProtectSystem=true ProtectControlGroups=true RestrictSUIDSGID=false NoNewPrivileges=false ProtectHostname=true PrivateDevices=false ProtectClock=true MemoryDenyWriteExecute=true PrivateTmp=true RestrictNamespaces=false ProtectKernelLogs=true ProtectKernelModules=false ProtectKernelTunables=false ProtectHome=false RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_PACKET AF_INET AF_INET6 AF_NETLINK AF_UNIX [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target