Ok, I have fixed this problem. It looks to me like a bug in pam_limits. I have set the hard limit for number of processes to be 50 for everyone in the "users" group. When I login as someone in the users group and who is not running any processes on the server except for the shell, then su to root and try to start lpd, it refuses to start. If I login as root directly, it works fine. Sound like a RHEL bug to me.
-akop On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 07:08:49PM -0700, Akop Pogosian wrote: > For some reason, lpd stopped working on one of our servers. I have > shutdown lprng a few weeks ago to play with cups and now I want to go > back but it doesn't work. checkpc does not report any problems. When I > try to start lpd, the following lines are printed by syslogd: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# Aug 11 19:05:14 server lpd[10838]: lpd: main() > dofork failed - Resource temporarily unavailable > Aug 11 19:05:14 server lpd: 2004-08-11-19:05:14.710 server lpd: main() > dofork failed - Resource temporarily unavailable > > > The server seems to work just fine. No other applications are having > problems. It is running RedHat enterprise linux 3.0 > > > -akop > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- > YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRng MAILING LIST > The address you post from or your Reply-To address MUST be your > subscription address > > If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests > or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. > To subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with: | example: > subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] > unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you have major problems, call Patrick Powell or one of the friendly > staff at Astart Technologies for help. Astart also does support for LPRng. > Also, check the Web Page at: http://www.lprng.com for any announcements. > Astart Technologies (LPRng - Print Spooler http://www.lprng.com) > 6741 Convoy Court > San Diego, CA 92111 > 858-874-6543 FAX 858-751-2435 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRng MAILING LIST The address you post from or your Reply-To address MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. To subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, call Patrick Powell or one of the friendly staff at Astart Technologies for help. Astart also does support for LPRng. Also, check the Web Page at: http://www.lprng.com for any announcements. Astart Technologies (LPRng - Print Spooler http://www.lprng.com) 6741 Convoy Court San Diego, CA 92111 858-874-6543 FAX 858-751-2435 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
