topic Re: Error fron syslog in Operating System - HP-UX

Error fron syslog

vinayan — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:56:44 GMT

I got an error message from the server like this ....

"sleeping: fcntl lock of pid file failed: Permission denied"

What does it mean and the what is the solution for this ?

Re: Error fron syslog

Ivan Krastev — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:01:38 GMT

Is that generated from ftp daemon ?
See previous thread - http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=7820&admit=-682735245+1195196432911+28353475

regards,
ivan

Re: Error fron syslog

whiteknight — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:00:47 GMT

vinayan,

In regards to this errors
You see this error when there is a large number of ftpd(1M) processes starting at the same time. It usually reports only once or twice for each ftpd(1M) process and then the ftpd(1M) process is able to
obtain the lock and continue.

WK