unable to write pid to sendmail.pid

[James Fagan]

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> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of James D. Parra
> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 3:45 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: [MAILSCANNER] unable to write pid to sendmail.pid
> 
> >Try running:
> >
> >	/etc/init.d/sendmail stop
> >	/etc/init.d/MailScanner stop
> >
> >Wait a minute or two, then run:
> >
> >	killall sendmail
> >
> >	service MailScanner start
> 
> Sadly, the same thing occurs;
> 
> Aug  1 15:30:12 sendmail-out[26867]: unable to write pid to
> /var/run/sendmail.pid: file in use by another process
> 
> I wonder if MailScanner is starting multiple instances of sendmail.
> 
> ~James
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Try running:

ps -auxf

That should show you what 'lead' proccess is running sendmail. Then kill
that pid. 
Run the 'ps -auxf' command again to be sure you got it.

I believe MailScanner runs 5 children by default. 

James Fagan

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