# New error: FAILED: systemctl link conf/mailinabox.service

**URL:** <https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/new-error-failed-systemctl-link-conf-mailinabox-service/4626>\
**Category:** Help with Setup/Upgrade\
**Created:** [February 18, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/new-error-failed-systemctl-link-conf-mailinabox-service/4626 "2019-02-18T17:34:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![brschroeder](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@brschroeder](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/brschroeder)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/new-error-failed-systemctl-link-conf-mailinabox-service/4626/2 "2019-02-19T02:59:08Z")

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A link is trying to be created to /root/mailinabox/conf/mailinabox.service and it is complaining because this link already exists. For now you can rm the link (not the file in the conf directory) with  
`rm -f /etc/systemd/system/mailinabox.service`

**Devs:** There should probably be a check (or just force it with -f) before running  
`systemctl link anything`

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