Patch for /etc/init.d/openfire script in the RPM

Openfire Openfire Dev
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Hi all

The init.d script for the Openfire RPM has a bug: when it’s starting the service it doesn’t check if it’s already running, so it’s possible to start it twice and thus have problems with port numbers, etc.

Here I’m including a small patch for fixing this error. It just checks if the process is already running (by looking at the contents of the pidfile).

I have tested it only in Redhat SLC 4, but it should work in other distributions as well.

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Thanks, I filed OF-67 to track the patch and will probably commit it shortly.

daryl

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Hi Juan,

What about the situation where the machine crashes and the pid file exists without an associated process. stopping openfire will not remove the pid file in that situation.

daryl

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I’ve applied the patch, extending the message in it in such a way that it instructs the user to remove the pid-file if the user is sure that no other Openfire is running.