The dhcpd service does not have a correct return code on error in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Issue

  • When restarting the dhcpd service, there should be a non-zero return code if the service could not start.
  • Journalctl output:
May 28 21:24:27 testmachine systemd[1]: Unit dhcpd.service entered failed state.
May 28 21:24:27 testmachine systemd[1]: dhcpd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
  • Command Execution:
# systemctl restart dhcpd.service
# echo $?
0

# systemctl start dhcpd.service
# echo $?
0

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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