[BusyBox 0000324]: start-stop-daemon failed to start up syslogd

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The following issue has been CLOSED 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=324 
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Reported By:                zhuangyy
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   324
Category:                   Other
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     closed
Resolution:                 open
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             07-05-2005 19:12 PDT
Last Modified:              02-12-2008 02:44 PST
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Summary:                    start-stop-daemon failed to start up syslogd
Description: 
/ # /sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --exec /sbin/syslogd -- -b 1 -L -s 50
/sbin/syslogd already running.
441

but the syslogd is not there and process 441 is not running.
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 zhuangyy - 07-05-05 23:01  
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syslogd is the applet in busybox
this bug also applies to crond applet in busybox 

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 Jean-Baptiste Maillet - 08-08-05 08:52  
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start-stop-daemon creates a pid file with the PID of the daemon process
before it actually daemonize itself (fork) :
# ps | grep klogd
  258 root        572 S   /sbin/klogd
  276 root        504 S   grep klogd
# killall klogd
# /sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --make-pidfile --pidfile /root/klogdpid
--exec /sbin/klogd
# cat /root/klogdpid
278
# ps | grep klogd
  279 root        572 S   /sbin/klogd
  282 root        504 S   grep klogd
# /sbin/start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile /root/klogdpid --exec
/sbin/klogd
no /sbin/klogd found; none killed. 

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 vda - 02-12-08 02:44  
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User error:

start-stop-daemon cannot prevent process from daemonizing (and in this
case will think that process exited). You need to prevent that yourself
(e.g. by giving it appropriate command-line option) 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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07-05-05 19:12  zhuangyy       New Issue                                    
07-05-05 23:01  zhuangyy       Note Added: 0000268                          
08-08-05 08:52  Jean-Baptiste MailletNote Added: 0000394                        
 
02-12-08 02:44  vda            Status                   assigned => closed  
02-12-08 02:44  vda            Note Added: 0004224                          
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