Re: LDM Startup error, any suggestions?

• To: Chris Novy <chris@xxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: LDM Startup error, any suggestions?
• From: Jeff Masters <jmasters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 10:40:55 -0500 (EST)

Check to see if syslogd is running. If it is not running, there will be no
/etc/syslog.pid file.

Jeff
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Chris Novy wrote:

> I'm receiving the following error upon starting LDM (5.1.2):
> 
>     hupsyslog: couldn't open /etc/syslog.pid
> 
> It started after a bad shutdown the other day.  LDM is still processing 
> files OK but I also receive an error message from the newlog routine:
> 
>     Your "cron" job on delyte
>     /usr/LDM/ldm/bin/ldmadmin newlog
> 
>     produced the following output:
> 
>     hupsyslog: couldn't open /etc/syslog.pid
> 
> Any idea of what got erased or made inaccessible?
> 
> ..Chris..
> 

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