fcntl lock of pid file failed: Permission denied

[Brian Lee_4]

I am getting the following syslog message but I
don't know what brings it.
Any idea ?

ftpd[29853]: sleeping: fcntl lock of pid file failed: Permission denied

[RAC_1]

Do you have lock files in /var/spool/locks?

Also what is you nflocks setting in kernel?
Seems that it is hitting the set value, and you may need to increase it.

[Brian Lee_4]

There is nothing in /var/spool/locks directory.

nflocks value is 1200.

[RAC_1]

check the current usage of nflocks with following command. You need to have lsof tool for this. lsof is a tool which lists open files.socetks etc. You may get it at HP porting centre,
lsof | awk 'match("NrRwWuUx",substr($0,31,1))'|wc -l

You may need to increase this parameter. If it is hitting the limit. This sparameter is static and you will have to reboot the machine after changing this. first check if it is hitting the limit.

[Brian Lee_4]

I found "lsof" tool(ddk.misc_tool11_11.1.0.depot) but it was not compatible with my version of HP-UX when I tried to install it.
HP-UX 11i is running on the system.

Could you find it for me ?

[RAC_1 · Accepted solution]

Get it from.

http://the-other.wiretapped.net/security/host-security/lsof/binaries/hpux/

Install and check.