Hi all,
Scientific Linux 5.x and 6.x
xymon 4.3.13
When you establish a different host name in the file
/etc/default/xymon-client than the hostname derived by uname -n, the stop
and restart commands do not work.
If you set CLIENTHOSTNAME in /etc/default/xymon-client to something other
than `uname -n`, when the client starts, it creates a file in the form of
clientlaunch."CLIENTHOSTNAME".pid
The /etc/init.d/xymon-client (rpm/xymon-client.init) script uses a variable
called $DMNOPTS that contains configuration items to form the command line
options for xymon. This script uses $DMNOPTS in the call to "runclient.sh
start". It does not use $DMNOPTS in the call to "runclient.sh stop". This
makes the stop process use `uname -n` to look for the pid file. It does
not exist and the client does not get stopped.
Fix:
Change the following line in rpm/xymon-client.init from:
su -c "$DAEMON stop" - xymon
to:
su -c "$DAEMON $DMNOPTS stop" - xymon
It needs to be changed in the call to stop and restart the service.
Regards,
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*Dan Schwitalla*
U.S. Geological Survey