On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 03:34:37PM +0400, root wrote:
> Initrc script for spamd uses start-stop-daemon with --exec option both for
> starting and stopping. This option makes start-stop-daemon check the
> /proc/PID/exe value. On my system spamd process have /proc/pid/exe pointing
> to /usr/bin/perl, not to /usr/sbin/spamd, so spamd starts ok, but refuses to
> stop saying a message: "No /usr/sbin/spamd found running; none killed."
> Since spamd uses pid file, I think it will be trivial to remove --exec
> parameter from "stop" and "reload" commands in /etc/init.d/spamassassin.
> ("restart" already have no --exec option with --stop command)Hello, I'm not sure your diagnosis is correct. I am not able to reproduce the bug as you describe it. Spamd is properly terminated with the existing spamassassin init script. However, while investigating this, I have found an alternate possibility. spamd doesn't write its pid file until after it has initialized, which takes some time. The following log entries show that, on my system, a full 13 seconds elapse between the first two messages logged to syslog when spamd starts: Feb 18 22:35:40 insomnia spamd[29203]: logger: removing stderr method Feb 18 22:35:53 insomnia spamd[29205]: spamd: server started on port 783/tcp (running version 3.2.5) Feb 18 22:35:53 insomnia spamd[29205]: spamd: server pid: 29205 Feb 18 22:35:53 insomnia spamd[29205]: spamd: server successfully spawned child process, pid 29213 Feb 18 22:35:53 insomnia spamd[29205]: spamd: server successfully spawned child process, pid 29214 Feb 18 22:35:53 insomnia spamd[29205]: prefork: child states: II So in this case, between 22:35:40 and 22:35:53 spamd is running, but has not yet written its pid file. If I run "/etc/init.d/spamassassin stop" during this time, it fails with the symptom that you described in your report. After 22:35:53, the pid file exists and /etc/init.d/spamassassin can correctly terminate spamd. Is it possible that the behavior you're describing is explained this way? noah
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