Description of problem: By default nrpe stores it's pidfile in /var/run/nrpe.pid. When you restart nrpe, you get the error "Cannot remove pidfile '/var/run/nrpe.pid' - check your privileges" This is because nrpe is started as root but drops privileges to the nrpe user. That user doesn't have permission on /var/run/nrpe.pid. It would be better to move the pidfile to /var/run/nrpe/nrpe.pid, and make the /var/run/nrpe directory owned by the nrpe user. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): nrpe-2.12-12.fc12.x86_64 How reproducible: [root@phy003 ~]# service nrpe restart Shutting down nrpe: [ OK ] Starting nrpe: [ OK ] Observe /var/log/messages: r 21 13:28:07 phy003 nrpe[1400]: Caught SIGTERM - shutting down... Mar 21 13:28:07 phy003 nrpe[1400]: Cannot remove pidfile '/var/run/nrpe.pid' - check your privileges. Mar 21 13:28:07 phy003 nrpe[1400]: Daemon shutdown Mar 21 13:28:08 phy003 nrpe[1601]: Starting up daemon Mar 21 13:28:08 phy003 nrpe[1601]: Listening for connections on port 5666
nrpe-2.12-13.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nrpe-2.12-13.el5
nrpe-2.12-13.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nrpe-2.12-13.fc12
nrpe-2.12-13.el4 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 4. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nrpe-2.12-13.el4
nrpe-2.12-13.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nrpe-2.12-13.fc13
nrpe-2.12-13.el4 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 4 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update nrpe'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nrpe-2.12-13.el4
nrpe-2.12-13.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update nrpe'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nrpe-2.12-13.el5
nrpe-2.12-13.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update nrpe'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nrpe-2.12-13.fc12
nrpe-2.12-13.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update nrpe'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nrpe-2.12-13.fc13
nrpe-2.12-13.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
nrpe-2.12-13.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
nrpe-2.12-13.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
nrpe-2.12-13.el4 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 4 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.