[Bug 4074] New: Spamd not creating PIDFILE

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           Summary: Spamd not creating PIDFILE
           Product: Spamassassin
           Version: 3.0.2
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P5
         Component: spamc/spamd
        AssignedTo: dev@spamassassin.apache.org
        ReportedBy: jlyda@midtnn.net


I am running Slackware 10 and SpamAssassin 3.02.  When I start spamd via the 
slackware-spamd.rc file that is included with the spamassassin distro spamd 
does not create the PIDFILE /var/run/spamd.pid.  As a result I have to manually 
create the pidfile in order to stop spamassassin or restart it if I make a 
change to the local.cf file.  Any ideas?



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------- Additional Comments From jlyda@midtnn.net  2005-01-12 11:41 -------
That is the wierd part, once spamd starts its runs fine without the pid.  There 
is no error what so ever involving the pidfile until I try to restart or stop 
spamd. While spamd is running the maillog shows that spamd is running properlly 
and even shows which message is being scanned and what the score is.  Even 
running spamd without the daemon shows the same thing with no mention of the 
pidfile being missing.  I was playing around with some of the settings due to 
spamd causing a very large spike in I/O wait causing the machine to slow to a 
crawl.  I disabled logging completely by setting -s null then I got the PIDFILE 
missing error on startup.  So I set spamd to -s stderr 2>/dev/null, and started 
again and it started fine, again with no mention of the pidfile missing.



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------- Additional Comments From spamassassin@dostech.ca  2005-01-12 11:15 -------
spamd warns if it can't write to the default or specified PID file.  Check your
maillog (or wherever spamd logs) for a "Can't write to PID file:" warning after
starting spamd.

Starting spamd directly, without daemonizing it, should print this warning to
STDERR.

Let us know what you find.


Daryl



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