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    Dhcpleases: Could not deliver signal HUP to process because its pidfile does not

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    • jimpJ
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by

      That's a fairly old snapshot, have you tried on anything newer?

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        clarknova
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        Just installed the first RC 8 hours ago and seeing the same thing.

        db

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          Does /var/run/dhcpleases.pid exist? And is it the right process ID?

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            clarknova
            last edited by

            
            [2.0-RC1][root@pfsense]/root(2):ls -lah /var/run/dhcpleases.pid
            ---s--S---  1 root  wheel     6B Feb 14 09:10 /var/run/dhcpleases.pid
            
            [2.0-RC1][root@pfsense]/root(2): cat /var/run/dhcpleases.pid
            49971
            
            

            db

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              What about:

              ps uxawww | grep `cat /var/run/dhcpleases.pid`
              

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                clarknova
                last edited by

                
                ps uxawww | grep `cat /var/run/dhcpleases.pid`
                root    49971  0.0  0.0  5836  1328  ??  Is   12:14AM   0:00.03 /usr/local/sbin/dhcpleases -l /var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd.leases -d [FQDN] -p /var/run/dnsmasq.pid -h /var/etc/hosts
                
                

                db

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                  And what about the dnsmasq.pid?

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                    clarknova
                    last edited by

                    Using unbound

                    db

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                      wagonza
                      last edited by

                      So you have found a side affect of disabling dnsmasq for Unbound. Will chat to the devs about this.

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                        Nachtfalke
                        last edited by

                        I have the same problem on actual RC-1 snapshot:

                        The /var/run/dhcpleases.pid exists.

                        [2.0-RC1][admin@pfsense1.hpa]/var/run(3): ls -lah /var/run/dhcpleases.pid
                        -------r-x  1 root  wheel     6B Mar  1 20:49 /var/run/dhcpleases.pid
                        
                        [2.0-RC1][admin@pfsense1.hpa]/var/run(6): ps uxawww | grep `cat /var/run/dhcpleases.pid`
                        root   15057  0.0  0.2  3316  1148  ??  Is    8:49PM   0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/dhcpleases -l /var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd.leases -d hpa -p /var/run/dnsmasq.pid -h /var/etc/hosts
                        
                        
                        [2.0-RC1][admin@pfsense1.hpa]/var/run(12): ps uxawww | grep `cat /var/run/dnsmasq.pid`
                        nobody 15399  0.0  0.5  5552  2524  ??  S     8:49PM   0:00.05 /usr/local/sbin/dnsmasq --local-ttl 1 --all-servers --dns-forward-max=5000 --cache-size=10000 --dhcp-hostsfile=/var/etc/hosts
                        
                        

                        Do you need further information ?
                        Pleas let me know!

                        Thanks in advance

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                          eri--
                          last edited by

                          This is an issue with unbound package more than with dhcpleases.

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                            Nachtfalke
                            last edited by

                            I do not use unbound package.

                            If I remeber correct, I used it in the past but it is uninstalled since several snapshots and reboots.

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                              clarknova
                              last edited by

                              2.0-RC1 (amd64)
                              built on Thu Mar 3 19:27:51 EST 2011
                              Unbound 1.4.8_131

                              Still seeing these messages in the log.

                              db

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                                eri--
                                last edited by

                                Can you show:
                                ps -ax | grep dns
                                ps -ax  | grep dhcp

                                Also the contents of the 2 pid files
                                /var/run/dhcpleases.pid
                                /var/run/dnsmasq.pid

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                                  Nachtfalke
                                  last edited by

                                  Don't know, if your post was focused on clarknovas or my post:

                                  
                                  [2.0-RC1][admin@pfsense1.hpa]/root(1): ps -ax | grep dns
                                  12648  ??  I      0:05.07 /usr/local/sbin/dnsmasq --local-ttl 1 --all-servers -
                                  [2.0-RC1][admin@pfsense1.hpa]/root(2): ps -ax  | grep dhcp
                                   9967  ??  Ss     0:18.17 /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -user dhcpd -group _dhcp -chroo
                                  11258  ??  Is     0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/dhcpleases -l /var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd
                                  24066  ??  Ss     0:00.05 /usr/sbin/syslogd -c -c -l /var/dhcpd/var/run/log -f
                                  [2.0-RC1][admin@pfsense1.hpa]/root(3):
                                  
                                  
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                                    clarknova
                                    last edited by

                                    ps -ax | grep dns
                                    40238  u0- S      0:21.87 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.newipsecdns

                                    ps -ax | grep dhcp
                                    23161  ??  Ss    0:10.75 /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -user dhcpd -group _dhcp -chroo
                                    43965  ??  Ss    0:00.26 /usr/sbin/syslogd -c -c -l /var/dhcpd/var/run/log -f
                                    54393  ??  Is    0:00.02 /usr/local/sbin/dhcpleases -l /var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd
                                    20856  0  R+    0:00.00 grep dhcp

                                    This is using unbound, not dnsmasq.

                                    db

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                                      eri--
                                      last edited by

                                      @clarknova
                                      that's an unbound problem.

                                      @ Nachtfalke
                                      please contents of pid files.

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                                        Nachtfalke
                                        last edited by

                                        /var/run/dhcpleases.pid

                                        
                                        [2.0-RC1][admin@pfsense1.hpa]/root(1): vi /var/run/dhcpleases.pid
                                        11258
                                        
                                        

                                        other box

                                        [2.0-RC1][admin@pfsense2.hpa]/root(4): vi /var/run/dhcpleases.pid
                                        
                                        38883
                                        
                                        

                                        /var/run/dnsmasq.pid

                                        [2.0-RC1][admin@pfsense1.hpa]/root(2): vi /var/run/dnsmasq.pid
                                        
                                        12648
                                        
                                        

                                        other box:

                                        [2.0-RC1][admin@pfsense2.hpa]/root(3): vi /var/run/dnsmasq.pid
                                        
                                        39206
                                        
                                        
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                                          gtr33m
                                          last edited by

                                          Any progress on this?

                                          I'm running 2.0-RC1 and my log file is full of this error.

                                          Not sure if it's causing any problems as my clients are still receiving leases, but it comes up frequently in the log.

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                                            tebeve
                                            last edited by

                                            2.1-DEVELOPMENT (i386)
                                            built on Mon Sep 5 04:07:51 EDT 2011

                                            Unbound 1.4.12_03

                                            I've got a log full of these now as well… was there ever a fix for this?

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