#1143898 wide-dhcpv6-client: daemon doesn't start on Testing Unit wide-dhcpv6-client.service not found.

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
#1143898#5
Date:
2026-08-08 06:52:46 UTC
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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?

#1143898#10
Date:
2026-08-08 17:21:55 UTC
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This is basically a dupe of #1039419.

Best,
Chris

#1143898#15
Date:
2026-08-09 04:06:31 UTC
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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