# /etc/rc.d/snmpd restart httpd2 (pid 29518) already running # uname -a OpenBSD name 5.2 GENERIC#278 i386
# ps aux | grep snmpd root 23284 0.0 0.1 556 980 ?? Is Wed04PM 0:00.00 snmpd: parent (snmpd) _snmpd 28300 0.0 0.1 676 1380 ?? I Wed04PM 0:00.55 snmpd: snmp engine (snmpd) root 23789 0.0 0.0 592 4 p0 R+ 6:06PM 0:00.00 grep snmpd (ksh) # ls -la /var/run/ total 192 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Mar 25 16:59 . drwxr-xr-x 25 root wheel 512 Mar 29 2014 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 6 Nov 13 08:17 cron.pid -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 49152 Nov 13 08:17 dev.db -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 9124 Nov 13 08:17 dmesg.boot -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5 Nov 13 08:17 inetd.pid -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 12460 Nov 13 08:17 ld.so.hints drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 13 08:17 rc.d -rw------- 1 root wheel 70 Nov 13 08:17 sendmail.pid srw-rw---- 1 root wheel 0 Mar 25 16:59 snmpd.sock -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5 Nov 13 08:17 sshd.pid -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 6 Nov 13 08:17 syslog.pid -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 7200 Mar 26 18:04 utmp Please look at first command's output. It looks like a bug or something like this. Of course I can find a pid and than kill this process, but... On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 6:09 PM, Joshua Smith <jsm...@mail.wvnet.edu> wrote: > /etc/rc.d/snmpd restart always worked > > for me to restart snmpd. > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 06:02:30PM +0100, Alex Naumov wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I just want to ask about snmpd(8). As I can see, snmpd don't create >> pid file in /var/run directory. >> Is it correct? >> How to reboot this daemon? There is just sock-file. >> >> Thank you, >> Alex > > -- > Joshua Smith > > Montani Semper Liberi