Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 433473
pulse cannot bind to port 539 after a restart, child processes still have it open
Last modified: 2009-04-16 16:24:03 EDT
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #391131 +++ Description of problem: In the failover server (fos) configuration, the daemon pulse leaves open a file descriptor for port 539 when it forks sub-processes. This includes ALL user specified programs started in /etc/sysconfig/ha/lvs.cf using the 'start_cmd' directive. Unless ALL programs terminate (including user specified ones), the next time you start pulse on the same host, it will fail because it can't bind to the port. All child processes of the first pulse are bound to the port, making it unavailable to the new pulse. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Configure /etc/sysconfig/ha/lvs.cf to have start_cmd call a program that never ends (ie "while [ 1 ]; do sleep 10 ; done ; ") 2. /etc/init.d/pulse stop # fails over second node 3. /etc/init.d/pulse start Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: While fos, nanny, and pulse may need port 539 open, pulse should close the descriptor before it calls "start_cmd". -- Additional comment from nstraz@redhat.com on 2007-12-13 12:30 EST -- Moving all RHCS ver 5 bugs to RHEL 5 so we can remove RHCS v5 which never existed.
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An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0794.html