Public bug reported: pidofproc assumes either a PID file in /var/run/smokeping.pid, or failing that uses pidof to find the PID.
A running smokeping looks like this: root@myhost:~# ps uawx|grep smokeping 109 26838 0.0 0.5 141824 22296 ? Ss 11:41 0:00 /usr/sbin/smokeping [FPing] And 'pidof smokeping' doesn't find it (presumably due to the [FPing]). Can be fixed in the init script with the -p option to pidofproc: pidofproc -p $PIDFILE "$DAEMON" > /dev/null Patch attached. ** Affects: smokeping (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "Patch to /etc/init.d/smokeping" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1269979/+attachment/3950484/+files/smokeping-init.d.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1269979 Title: /etc/init.d/smokeping status does not find running process To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smokeping/+bug/1269979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs