why opendkim says it isn't running when it is

Question

I installed postfix in a docker container, and installed opendkim there as well.
Every time I run a service opendkim status, it gives me opendkim is not running. I tried sysctl status opendkim, and got this:
sysctl: cannot stat /proc/sys/status: No such file or directory
sysctl: cannot stat /proc/sys/opendkim: No such file or directory

However, doing ps -aux | grep opendkim shows me that it is indeed running. I tested postfix and the mails are indeed being signed. I just don't know why it isn't showing as a running daemon.

Martin · Answer

You confused sysctl with systemctl, sysctl sets kernel variables and correctly claims that there are no variables called status and opendkim.
If the command systemctl status opendkim also says that it's not running, opendkim might have been started with a different mechanism (and not with systemd)

why opendkim says it isn't running when it is

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