Mailing List Archive: Firewall lock file

Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 02:26:29PM -0600, Russell, Tony:
> I am constantly receiving the following in e-mail from rancid.
>
> Old lockfile still exists:
> -rw-r----- 1 rancid rancid 0 Nov 8 10:01 /tmp/.firewalls.run.lock
>
> I can go in and delete the file but it eventually comes back within a few hours. Can anyone tell me what is going on here so that I can fix it.
>
> Tony Russell

if the file is there, i expect that something is stuck. please look for
stuck rancid processes (eg: telnet, ssh, expect).