apcupsd lock file error

[Anthony Messina]

john bray wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 16:51 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>   Would anyone tell me what needs to be done to fix this lockfile
>>
>>Sun Feb 12 16:19:04 EST 2006  Valid lock file for pid=2296, but not ours 
>>pid=21621
>>Sun Feb 12 16:19:04 EST 2006  apcupsd FATAL ERROR in apcdevice.c at line 77
>>Unable to create UPS lock file.
>>Sun Feb 12 16:19:04 EST 2006  Valid lock file for pid=2296, but not ours 
>>pid=21621
>>Sun Feb 12 16:19:04 EST 2006  apcupsd error shutdown completed
>>Sun Feb 12 16:20:38 EST 2006  Valid lock file for pid=2296, but not ours 
>>pid=21942
>>Sun Feb 12 16:20:38 EST 2006  apcupsd FATAL ERROR in apcdevice.c at line 77
>>Unable to create UPS lock file.
>>Sun Feb 12 16:20:38 EST 2006  Valid lock file for pid=2296, but not ours 
>>pid=21942
>>Sun Feb 12 16:20:38 EST 2006  apcupsd error shutdown completed
>>
>>I can't find "apcdevice.c" it's probably a binary and I'm hopeless at 
>>binary.
>>But 'ls /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd' exists.
>>
>>
>>   Thanks   david
>>
> 
> david - i'll bet you have selinux turned on.  set it to non-enforcing
> mode.  there's always been a problem with apcupsd and it's lock file
> with selinux.
> 
> john

wait now.  don't just disable selinux. that would be a workaround, not a 
solution.  besides, there are plenty of us running apcupsd with selinux 
enabled with no lock problems.  john summerfield wrote a good way of 
trying to track the problem down in his previous post.  kill apcupsd, 
then delete the lock file from the /var/lock/subsys dir and start 
apcupsd using the startup script ~#] service apcupsd start

then tell us what happens.

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