Error: "Another copy of ndsd running."

(Last modified: 12Jan2005)

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fact

Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 for All Platforms

RedHat 2.1 or 3.0

symptom

Error: "Another copy of ndsd running."

Error: "Please remove /var/nds/ndsd.pid and restart ndsd if this is not the case."

Error occurs during Linux boot up or when changing runlevels.

cause

When you change run levels or boot, RedHat runs a default rc script (/etc/rc). This script has the following line:

the rc script runs:

# Check if the subsystem is already up.
subsys=${i#/etc/rc$runlevel.d/K??}
[ ! -f /var/lock/subsys/$subsys ] && .......

eDirectory has a file in runlevel 3 and 5 which is Kndsd.

With eDirectory 8.7.x, the ndsd startup script creates a file in the /var/lock/subsystem called "NDS".

(see script line)

if [ -d /var/lock/subsys ]
then
touch /var/lock/subsys/NDS
fi

The end result is that the rc script does not detect eDir, even if it is running so it tries to load it, even if it is running. If there are conditions (timing, etc or changing runlevels when edir is running), RedHat tries to load ndsd and the customer sees an error "ndsd.pid already exists"

There is no technical impact. eDirectory still runs. The restart of ndsd is ignored.

fix

This issue has been reported to engineering. A solution is being investigated.

note

PS, This is only a RedHat issue. SuSe does not have an rc script that executes the same command.

document

Document Title:	Error: "Another copy of ndsd running."
Document ID:	10096177
Solution ID:	NOVL100511
Creation Date:	12Jan2005
Modified Date:	12Jan2005
Novell Product Class:	Novell Directory Services

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