etc/rc.d scripts: strange message about kvm_getprocs during restar

Hajimu UMEMOTO ume at mahoroba.org
Fri Feb 13 11:22:49 PST 2004


Hi,

>>>>> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:21:56 +0200
>>>>> Rostislav Krasny <rosti_bsd at yahoo.com> said:

rosti_bsd> When I run '/etc/rc.d/smth restart' I get a strange error message about 
rosti_bsd> kvm_getprocs:

rosti_bsd> localhost# /etc/rc.d/inetd restart
rosti_bsd> Stopping inetd.
rosti_bsd> ps: kvm_getprocs: No such process
rosti_bsd> Starting inetd.
rosti_bsd> localhost# /etc/rc.d/syslogd restart
rosti_bsd> Stopping syslogd.
rosti_bsd> ps: kvm_getprocs: No such process
rosti_bsd> Starting syslogd.
rosti_bsd> localhost#

rcNG expects that a pidfile is removed when a daemon exits.  However,
these daemons doesn't remove their pidfile.  The following patch is
for inetd:

Index: etc/rc.d/inetd
diff -u etc/rc.d/inetd.orig etc/rc.d/inetd
--- etc/rc.d/inetd.orig	Thu Feb 12 01:36:30 2004
+++ etc/rc.d/inetd	Sat Feb 14 04:16:48 2004
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
 required_files="/etc/${name}.conf"
 extra_commands="reload"
+stop_postcmd="inetd_poststop"
+
+inetd_poststop() {
+    /bin/rm -f ${pidfile}
+}
 
 load_rc_config $name
 run_rc_command "$1"


Sincerely,

--
Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan
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http://www.imasy.org/~ume/


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