The startup script set the pid file to /var/run/puppet/agent.pid, as the error messages below indicate.
Doug. On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Denmat <tu2bg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Depending on your distro, you might find your package has your pids defined > in different directories to your puppet.conf. > > The RPM packages had that problem. Check your init script against your > puppet.conf > > > On 22/10/2010, at 8:30, Douglas Garstang <doug.garst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Having some issues disabling puppet. I want to use scripts to update RPM's, > and obviously you need to quiesce puppet first. > > The pid file directory is empty: > [pax] app01 ~:# ls -l /var/run/puppet/ > total 0 > > Puppet is stopped: > [pax] app01 ~:# service puppet status > puppetd is stopped > > Really really stopped: > [pax] app01 ~:# ps -ef | grep puppet > root 13079 7958 0 21:27 pts/0 00:00:00 grep puppet > > So, I start puppet: > [pax] app01 ~:# service puppet start > Starting puppet: [ OK ] > > The pid file exists, and it's pid matches the running puppet: > [pax] app01 ~:# cat /var/run/puppet/agent.pid > 13612 > > [pax] app01 ~:# ps -ef | grep puppet > root 13612 1 22 21:28 ? 00:00:08 /usr/bin/ruby > /usr/sbin/puppetd > root 13978 7958 0 21:28 pts/0 00:00:00 grep puppet > > And, then I try and disable puppet: > > [pax] app01 ~:# puppetd disable > Could not prepare for execution: Could not create PID file: > /var/run/puppet/agent.pid > > What's up with that? > > This is puppet 2.6.1. > > Doug. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<puppet-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > -- Regards, Douglas Garstang http://www.linkedin.com/in/garstang Email: doug.garst...@gmail.com Cell: +1-805-340-5627 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.