Public bug reported:
root@controller-node14:~# systemctl status ipmievd.service
* ipmievd.service - IPMI event daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ipmievd.service; enabled; vendor preset:
enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2016-08-30 09:22:42 UTC; 1min
55s ago
Main PID: 4537 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Aug 30 09:22:42 controller-node14 systemd[1]: Starting IPMI event daemon...
Aug 30 09:22:42 controller-node14 ipmievd[14350]: PID file
'/var/run/ipmievd.pid0' already exists.
Aug 30 09:22:42 controller-node14 ipmievd[14350]: Perhaps another instance is
already running.
Aug 30 09:22:42 controller-node14 systemd[1]: ipmievd.service: Control process
exited, code=exited status=1
Aug 30 09:22:42 controller-node14 systemd[1]: Failed to start IPMI event daemon.
Aug 30 09:22:42 controller-node14 systemd[1]: ipmievd.service: Unit entered
failed state.
Aug 30 09:22:42 controller-node14 systemd[1]: ipmievd.service: Failed with
result 'exit-code'.
root@controller-node14:~# ps axwu|grep ipmi
root 2792 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN Aug29 0:06 [kipmi0]
root 14513 0.0 0.0 15292 2004 pts/1 S+ 09:24 0:00 grep
--color=auto ipmi
root@controller-node14:~# ls -l /var/run/ipmievd.pid0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Aug 29 14:30 /var/run/ipmievd.pid0
root@controller-node14:~# cat /var/run/ipmievd.pid0
4537
root@controller-node14:~# ps axwu|grep 4537
root 14519 0.0 0.0 15292 2104 pts/1 S+ 09:25 0:00 grep
--color=auto 4537
root@controller-node14:~#
Expected behaviour: The bogus PID file should be deleted and the daemon
started successfully.
** Affects: ipmitool (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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ipmievd fails to start when a stray PID file exists
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