Unable to write pid file

[Christian Holtje]

Binary package hint: pidentd

What happens:
  I get the following error message in my logs:
    s_open("/var/run/identd/identd.pid", O_WRONLY): No such file or directory
  The directory /var/run/identd does not exist.
  If I create the directory and make sure it is owned by the identd user/group, then the error goes away until I reboot (at which point, the run directory seems to be cleaned up).

What I expected:
  No error messages.

Suggestions:
  If you change the pid path to something like /var/run/pidentd.pid, then this should probably work. Alternatively, an init script will have to create the directory or pidentd will have to create the directory.

Ciao!

[Kai Kasurinen (kai-kasurinen)]

pidentd (3.0.19.ds1-1ubuntu1) feisty; urgency=low

  [ Lionel Porcheron ]
  * debian/control: Add update-inetd to pidentd's dependencies
    (Closes Ubuntu: #76127).
  * debian/control: Add openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver dependencies
    as pidentd needs an inet server to work
  * debian/pidentd.postinst: change identd home from /var/run/identd
    to /var/run (Closes Ubuntu: #74968)
  * change Build Dep linux-kernel-headers in linux-libc-dev (cause FTBFS)

  [ Michael Bienia ]
  * change the path from /var/run/identd/identd.pid to /var/run/identd.pid
    also in:
    - doc/identd.8
    - etc/identd.conf
    - src/pidentd.h
    - debian/pidentd.prerm

 -- Michael Bienia <email address hidden> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:31:46 +0100