Description of problem: There's no pid file (/var/run/exim.pid) created in /var/run like the init script promises. This means, among other things, that I can't conveniently monitor this process with monit. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): exim-4.72-2.el6.i686 # yum info exim Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Installed Packages Name : exim Arch : i686 Version : 4.72 Release : 2.el6 Size : 3.7 M Repo : installed From repo : epel Summary : The exim mail transfer agent URL : http://www.exim.org/ License : GPLv2+ How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum install exim 2. /etc/init.d/exim start 3. ls /var/run/exim.pid Actual results: No /var/run/exim.pid created. Expected results: I get /var/run/exim.pid created. Additional info: n/a
I cannot reproduce (on x86_64, but I will retry on i686 later). Did you switch off the sendmail and switched to exim through alternatives? My reproducer: # rpm -q exim exim-4.72-2.el6.x86_64 # service sendmail stop # alternatives --config mta [selected exim] # service exim start # cat /var/run/exim.pid 2726 # pgrep -l exim 2726 exim
Also same result (i.e. not able to reproduce) on another cleanly installed 32 bit machine.
Let's close this insufficient data, no info after more than 4 years...