Bug 86142 - status() in /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions does not distinguish daemons properly
Summary: status() in /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions does not distinguish daemons properly
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: initscripts
Version: 7.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-03-14 20:34 UTC by Boris Folgmann
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:35 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-09-04 01:28:19 UTC
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Description Boris Folgmann 2003-03-14 20:34:14 UTC 
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Description of problem:
status seems to call pidof daemon_file_name instead of pidof
daemon_path/daemon_file_name


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
initscripts-6.67-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. /usr/cyrus/bin/master is running 
2. /usr/libexec/postfix/master is NOT running
3. Try /etc/init.d/postfix status
  

Actual Results:  postfix is reported as running!

Expected Results:  postfix should be reported as not running, because
/usr/cyrus/bin/master is not /usr/libexec/postfix/master

Additional info:

I suggest to save the pid to a file when the daemon is started and then do
something like ps|grep pid to check if the exact same instance is still running.
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2003-09-04 01:28:19 UTC 
I believe this is fixed in current initscripts, such as those shipped with Red
Hat Linux 9.
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