./exim stop doesn't work

[keefe007]

I'm having a problem with ./exim stop working properly on a Debian system.

It will appear to stop:

server:/etc/init.d# ./exim stop
Shutting down exim:

But exim processes will stay running:

server:/etc/init.d# ps aux | grep exim
root 24290 0.0 0.0 7200 1280 ? S 18:49 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -q
mail 25123 0.0 0.0 7312 1220 ? S 18:50 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
root 26140 0.0 0.0 9088 2468 ? S 18:53 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -q
mail 26141 0.0 0.0 9220 2168 ? S 18:53 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -q

Trying ./exim stop again will state that its already stopped:

server:/etc/init.d# ./exim stop
Shutting down exim: ./exim: line 32: kill: (24288) - No such process

spamd: no process killed

Any ideas?

[nobaloney]

The main PID has been stopped; that's why you get that

kill: (24288) - No such process
returned.

The exim queue runners (exim -q) will stop when they're finished running; you can kill them earlier manually with

# kill -9 PIDID
where PIDID is replaced by the PID of each running process.

I don't know why you've got a second daemon process running; you may have started exim more than once.

/usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP
You should kill that manually as well.

Jeff

[keefe007]

I know I didn't start it twice. Everytime I have to restart it I do a ./exim stop and then I killall exim to make sure there are no more exim processes running. Could exim have started another daemon process running by itself?

Here's what I have running currently:



astra:~/exim-4.69/Local# ps aux | grep exim
mail 7886 0.0 0.0 8980 1064 ? Ss May17 0:19 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 22451 0.0 0.0 9048 1608 ? S 12:28 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 22701 0.0 0.0 9048 1608 ? S 12:29 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 23055 0.0 0.0 9012 1640 ? S 12:30 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 23064 0.0 0.0 9024 1400 ? S 12:30 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 23296 0.0 0.0 9048 1608 ? S 12:31 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 23639 0.0 0.0 9048 1628 ? S 12:32 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 23756 0.0 0.0 9048 1612 ? S 12:33 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 23818 0.0 0.0 9048 1624 ? S 12:33 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 23841 0.0 0.0 9048 1624 ? S 12:33 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 24333 0.0 0.0 9012 1412 ? S 12:35 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 24739 0.0 0.0 9048 1624 ? S 12:37 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 25287 0.0 0.0 9012 1416 ? S 12:39 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 26385 0.0 0.0 9048 1624 ? S 12:42 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 26659 0.0 0.0 9012 1388 ? S 12:43 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 27271 0.0 0.0 9320 2840 ? S 12:46 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 27586 0.0 0.0 9280 2936 ? S 12:47 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 27591 0.0 0.0 9020 1592 ? S 12:47 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 27664 0.0 0.0 9048 1616 ? S 12:47 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
mail 27695 0.0 0.0 9012 1416 ? S 12:47 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
root 27696 0.6 0.0 9244 3724 ? S 12:47 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -Mc 1M66wM-0007Cg-TB
root 27699 0.6 0.0 9240 2724 ? S 12:47 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -Mc 1M66wN-0007BL-Q5
mail 27701 0.0 0.0 9456 2004 ? D 12:47 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -Mc 1M66wM-0007Cg-TB
mail 27703 0.0 0.0 9244 1108 ? S 12:47 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -Mc 1M66wN-0007BL-Q5
mail 27704 0.0 0.0 8980 2088 ? S 12:47 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -oMr spam-scanned -bS
mail 27706 0.0 0.0 9244 744 ? S 12:47 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -Mc 1M66wN-0007BL-Q5
mail 27708 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 12:47 0:00 [exim] <defunct>
mail 27714 0.0 0.0 9012 1380 ? S 12:47 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
root 27716 0.0 0.0 1836 588 pts/0 S+ 12:47 0:00 grep exim

[nobaloney]

As I recall now, so do I. And I have multiple copies of what looks like the main daemon as well. They do eventually disappear; my guess is that they're attempting deliveries.

But if I need to be sure exim has stopped I do this:

# service exim stop ; killall -9 exim

Sorry I can't be more helpful.

Jeff