I think its only the pid file, no process is running, there is not to kill. I am not sure about the location of the file, but check the /var/run/ntpd.pid, it happens because the process was killed but the pid file was not removed. -- ======================================== Marcos Aurelio Rodrigues (DEiGrAtiA-33) <deigratia33@xxxxxxxxx> CCNA, MCSO, Security+ Mirabilia laudo semprer, Dei ======================================== On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Shankar Jha <shankar.jha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > First find the pid and kill them. > Sometimes the pid still exixting, while the services is not running. > > Thanks- > Shankar > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 2:05 AM, unix syzadmin <unixsyzadmin@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I see this error in a couple of redhat server. > > > > # more /etc/redhat-release > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 5) > > > > # uname -a > > Linux narheapp017.nielsenmedia.com 2.6.9-55.0.2.EL #1 Tue Jun 12 > 17:47:10 > > EDT 2007 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux > > > > # service ntpd status > > ntpd dead but pid file exists > > > > What could have caused this situation? > > > > Please suggest. > > Thanks. > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
