diff -Nur e-smith-base-5.8.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/service-status e-smith-base-5.8.0/root/sbin/e-smith/service-status
--- e-smith-base-5.8.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/service-status	2020-11-16 01:04:00.182000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.0/root/sbin/e-smith/service-status	2020-11-16 21:55:20.898000000 -0500
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 
 if [[ "$STATUS" != 'enabled' ]]
 then
-    echo "$SERVICE will not start (service status not enabled)"
-    exit 5
+    echo "$SERVICE status not enabled in configuration db."
+    exit 0
+    # change this one to 5 if you want systemd to fail on ExecStartPre
 fi
 
 exit 0