# Systemctl status pbs.service - failed

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**Created:** [January 19, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/systemctl-status-pbs-service-failed/3422 "2023-01-19T11:29:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/systemctl-status-pbs-service-failed/3422/1 "2023-01-19T11:29:58Z")

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I download the latest version of OpenPBS and installed the server DEB file. No errors.

Normal queue commands did not work so I tried:

$ sudo systemctl status pbs.service

This gave the following error:

pbs.service - Portable Batch System  
Loaded: loaded (/opt/pbs/libexec/pbs\_init.d; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)  
Active: inactive (dead)  
Docs: man:pbs(8)

Jan 20 11:35:32 werkubuntu PBS[1921]: Running /opt/pbs/libexec/pbs\_habitat to update it.  
Jan 20 11:35:32 werkubuntu PBS[1921]: \*\*\*  
Jan 20 11:35:32 werkubuntu PBS[1921]: /opt/pbs/libexec/pbs\_habitat: 1: /opt/pbs/libexec/pbs\_db\_env: found: not found  
Jan 20 11:35:32 werkubuntu PBS[1921]: dirname: missing operand  
Jan 20 11:35:32 werkubuntu PBS[1921]: Try ‘dirname --help’ for more information.  
Jan 20 11:35:32 werkubuntu PBS[1921]: PBS Data Service user postgres does not exist  
Jan 20 11:35:32 werkubuntu pbs\_init.d[1803]: Starting PBS in background  
Jan 20 11:35:32 werkubuntu pbs\_init.d[1923]: Stopping PBS  
Jan 20 11:35:32 werkubuntu pbs\_init.d[1923]: Waiting for shutdown to complete  
Jan 20 11:35:33 werkubuntu systemd[1]: pbs.service: Deactivated successfully.

I have the following system:  
CPU: 16-Core AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (-MT MCP-) speed/min/max: 4630/2200/3400 MHz  
Kernel: 5.18.0-4mx-amd64 x86\_64 Up: 1h 17m Mem: 9983.3/128728.1 MiB (7.8%)  
Ram: 128GiB  
Storage: 931.51 GiB (17.1% used)  
GPU: NVIDIA GA102GL [RTX A6000] driver: nvidia v: 510.85.02  
Ubuntu 22 installed

Thanks, any kind help will be much appreciated. I search the Forum but did not find a similar issue?

Best wishes  
Gert Kruger

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**Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/systemctl-status-pbs-service-failed/3422/2 "2023-01-20T09:34:31Z")

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I made the changes to the update /etc/hosts file as described in the Installation doc (P IG-37)

Then I installed PostgreSQL and added myself as user to the postgres group. I restarted the computer and then reinstalled the OpenPBS server DEB file. The error now changed to:

$ sudo systemctl status pbs.service  
○ pbs.service - Portable Batch System  
Loaded: loaded (/opt/pbs/libexec/pbs\_init.d; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)  
Active: inactive (dead)  
Docs: man:pbs(8)

Jan 20 12:02:52 werkubuntu systemd[1]: Starting Portable Batch System…  
Jan 20 12:02:52 werkubuntu systemd[1]: Started Portable Batch System.  
Jan 20 12:02:52 werkubuntu pbs\_init.d[1864]: Starting PBS in background  
Jan 20 12:02:52 werkubuntu pbs\_init.d[1984]: Stopping PBS  
Jan 20 12:02:52 werkubuntu pbs\_init.d[1984]: Waiting for shutdown to complete  
Jan 20 12:02:53 werkubuntu systemd[1]: pbs.service: Deactivated successfully.

Any help will be appreciated!