Description of problem: using /sbin/service as non-root user (e.g. service httpd status) reports "subsystem locked but httpd dead" when, in fact, the sub-system is alive and well. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install F11, make users, etc. 2. configure and start httpd 3. as non-root user type "/sbin/service httpd status" Actual results: "Subsystem locked but httpd dead." Expected results: report of httpd status that is correct (or that you don't have permission to read the pid files.) Additional info: There has been some discussion on the fedora-test-list about this.
/sbin/service has no control over the output; it's entirely dependent on what /etc/init.d/httpd does.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 495780 ***