Re: [Apcupsd-users] apcupsd - systemd issue with pidfile

[Jean-David B. <jea...@ve...>]

On 4/13/22 05:46, Lorenzo Buzzi wrote:
> Although the daemon is started and works correctly, the startup log 
> always reports the following:
> root@bacon:/etc/apcupsd# systemctl status apcupsd.service
> ● apcupsd.service - UPS power management daemon
>      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apcupsd.service; enabled; 
> vendor preset: enabled)
>      Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-04-01 10:08:31 CEST; 2s ago
>        Docs: man:apcupsd(8)
>     Process: 15683 ExecStartPre=/lib/apcupsd/prestart (code=exited, 
> status=0/SUCCESS)
>     Process: 15697 ExecStart=/sbin/apcupsd (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
>    Main PID: 15699 (apcupsd)
>       Tasks: 3 (limit: 9042)
>      Memory: 1.2M
>      CGroup: /system.slice/apcupsd.service
>              └─15699 /sbin/apcupsd
> 
> Apr 01 10:08:31 bacon systemd[1]: Starting UPS power management daemon...
> Apr 01 10:08:31 bacon systemd[1]: *apcupsd.service: Can't open PID file 
> /run/apcupsd.pid (yet?) after start: Operation not permitted*
> Apr 01 10:08:31 bacon apcupsd[15699]: apcupsd 3.14.14 (31 May 2016) 
> debian startup succeeded
> Apr 01 10:08:31 bacon systemd[1]: Started UPS power management daemon.
> Apr 01 10:08:31 bacon apcupsd[15699]: NIS server startup succeeded

I am running Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.5 (Ootpa) with a 
Smart-Ups 750. 3.14.14 (31 May 2016) redhat
FIRMWARE : UPS 04.6 / 00.5

On my system, I get:

localhost:root[/var/log]# systemctl status apcupsd.service
● apcupsd.service - APC UPS Power Control Daemon for Linux
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/apcupsd.service; enabled; 
vendor preset: disabled)                                     <---<<<
    Active: active (running) since Sun 2022-04-10 15:02:46 EDT; 2 days ago
   Process: 18057 ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f /etc/apcupsd/powerfail 
(code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Main PID: 18082 (apcupsd)
     Tasks: 3 (limit: 408540)
    Memory: 1.0M
    CGroup: /system.slice/apcupsd.service
            └─18082 /sbin/apcupsd -b -f /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf

Apr 10 15:02:46 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting APC UPS Power 
Control Daemon for Linux...
Apr 10 15:02:46 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started APC UPS Power 
Control Daemon for Linux.
Apr 10 15:02:46 localhost.localdomain apcupsd[18082]: apcupsd 3.14.14 
(31 May 2016) redhat startup succeeded
Apr 10 15:02:46 localhost.localdomain apcupsd[18082]: NIS server startup 
succeeded


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