82859 2005-02-21 12:11 0000 /etc/init.d/ntpd restart tries to kill wrong process 2005-08-19 21:09:20 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Applications unspecified x86 Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 pwsoft@syntiac.com vapier@gentoo.org pwsoft@syntiac.com 2005-02-21 12:11:30 0000 athlon1800 peter # /etc/init.d/ntpd restart * Stopping ntpd ... start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 347: No such process 1 pids were not killed No process in pidfile `/var/run/ntpd.pid' found running; none killed. * Failed to stop ntpd [ !! ] * Starting ntpd ... [ ok ] Apperently ntpd was no longer running. Looking at the logging might show the reason it is not running. athlon1800 peter # cat /var/log/ntp.log 21 Feb 19:27:31 ntpd[347]: synchronized to 132.163.4.101, stratum 1 21 Feb 19:27:31 ntpd[347]: time correction of 4079 seconds exceeds sanity limit (1000); set clock manually to the correct UTC time. Which I find ok, but I don't like it tries to kill 347 if this is no longer the ntp process. What happens if this pid is used for something else by the time I do a restart? Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. distroy local time 2. wait for ntpd to complain in the log 3. /etc/init.d/ntpd restart Actual Results: See details Expected Results: ntpd should delete the /var/run/ntpd.pid file when it discovers an error and terminates itself (just a guess) vapier@gentoo.org 2005-08-19 21:09:20 0000 fixed in cvs