[systemd-devel] Code=exited, status=16 :: While Stopping

[Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek]

On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 08:36:18AM -0000, Chinmay  Mahata wrote:
> Hi,
>     I have written a systemd service script for one my daemons. The service is of "Type=forking".
> When starting the service everything is working fine and I am getting status SUCCESS. But while I am stopping the service I am getting failed state error like "code=exited, status=15".
> 
>     I read the man pages as well as googled for this code and status, but find any definitive explanation for this type of status.
> 
>    Could you please throw me some light on this why my service failing while stopping? Also please let me know where can I get some documentation on these status codes.

Sounds like 15 is the status returned by you daemon. It should
return 0 on sucess instead.

Zbyszek