Tell more exactly what is wrong and how, and give hint how to recover when possible. Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx> --- misc-utils/uuidd.c | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/misc-utils/uuidd.c b/misc-utils/uuidd.c index 1cbdeef..9d6d08d 100644 --- a/misc-utils/uuidd.c +++ b/misc-utils/uuidd.c @@ -360,9 +360,17 @@ static void server_loop(const char *socket_path, const char *pidfile_path, #ifdef HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD if (uuidd_cxt->no_sock) { - if (sd_listen_fds(0) != 1) - errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("no or too many file descriptors received")); - + const int ret = sd_listen_fds(0); + + if (ret < 0) { + errno = ret * -1; + err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("sd_listen_fds() failed")); + } else if (ret == 0) + errx(EXIT_FAILURE, + _("no file descriptors received, check systemctl status uuidd.socket")); + else if (1 < ret) + errx(EXIT_FAILURE, + _("too many file descriptors received, check uuidd.socket")); s = SD_LISTEN_FDS_START + 0; } #endif -- 2.5.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html