https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732912 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732912#c0 Summary: Bogus systemd log message regarding sendmail Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.1 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: SuSE Other Status: NEW Severity: Minor Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: nrickert@ameritech.net QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0 (note: the operating system selector for reports needs an entry for 12.1) When looking through /var/log/messages (researching unrelated bug 732910), I noticed some bogus lines relating to "sendmail". Nov 26 23:52:19 nwr2 echo[4075]: Initializing SMTP port (sendmail) .. Nov 26 23:52:19 nwr2 systemd[1]: Failed to read PID file /var/run/sendmail.pid a fter start. The service might be broken. .. Nov 26 23:52:36 nwr2 systemd[1]: Failed to read PID file /var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid after start. The service might be broken. In fact, sendmail is running fine, and the two "pid" files exist: -rw------- 1 root mail 54 Nov 26 23:52 /var/run/sendmail.pid -rw------- 1 mail mail 53 Nov 26 23:52 /var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid This might be a timing issue. Perhaps systemd is checking for the existence of the files a few milliseconds too early. It would be better to not have those log messages at all, than to have them when they are wrong. I see those messages on every boot. The system uses AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+ in case that is relevant (the dual core might be relevant) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.