Re: cf_procs rename: No such file or directory

[Mark . Burgess]

I am afraid that I don't understand what you are suggesting in this message.
Actually I have not seen the error message for a while, but I have never 
understood
where it comes from..

M

On 29 Oct, Tod Oace wrote:
> On Oct 28, 2004, at 12:20, Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no wrote:
> 
>> I see this from one machine  and have absolutely no understanding
>> of it whatsoever!!! :(
> 
> I just discovered backup cfengine files in /etc/cron.d/ on three Linux 
> machines that were giving the cf_procs error. I found that after 
> noticing double cfexecd cron log entries and double cfengine runlog 
> entries.  :)
> 
> I still have a Solaris and Linux machine that produced the error this 
> month which do not have duplicate cron entries. I'm wondering though...
> 
> Having duplicate cfexecd processes shows that cfagent isn't locking 
> cf_procs, right?
> So that means a manual cfagent would also step on a scheduled cfagent's 
> cf_procs.
> I know that I occasionally did do manual runs on at least one of the 
> remaining mystery machines this month.
> Is the answer then to lock cf_procs?
> Could this be the case on your one machine?
> 
> -Tod
> 
>> M
>>
>> On 28 Oct, Tod Oace wrote:
>>> I occasionally see the following error:
>>>
>>> Error while renaming /var/cfengine/state/cf_procs
>>> rename: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> Anyone else seeing these? I only get them from a small subset of
>>> machines, some Linux and some  Solaris. Cfengine 2.1.10 but I've also
>>> seen it from earlier versions.
>>>
>>
>>
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