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Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 11:43:13 -0400
From: Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
To: Noah <admin2@enabled.com>
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Subject: Re: stunnel not running? (check /var/run/stunnel/stunnel.pid)
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Noah <admin2@enabled.com> wrote:

> Okay I am not understanding something with stunnel. it appears that stunnel 
> cant start because it cant create a pid file.  It happens every time I 
> upgrade it.
>
> # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/stunnel restart
> stunnel not running? (check /var/run/stunnel/stunnel.pid).
> Starting stunnel.
> # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/stunnel restart
> stunnel not running? (check /var/run/stunnel/stunnel.pid).
> Starting stunnel.
> #
>
> Anybody help me understand things here.  so here is the relevent output 
> which I can provide some clues.

I notice below that you have modified the rc script, but even after mimicking 
your changes, I cannot reproduce your problem -- stunnel starts (and creates 
a pid) just fine.  What is logged to /var/log/messages by stunnel?

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Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>