Why cron daemon sends error message '/var/run/pcp/pmlogger_daily.pid: No such file or directory' to '/var/mail/pcp' in RHEL 7?
Issue
- Cron daemon throws error message /var/run/pcp/pmlogger_daily.pid: No such file or directory to
/var/mail/pcp. - These message generated by
/etc/cron.d/pcp-pmloggerscript. /etc/cron.d/pcp-pmloggershould not log errors in /var/mail/pcp as pcp service is not running on system.- Below error message sent by cron service.
/usr/libexec/pcp/bin/pmlogger_daily: line 365: /var/run/pcp/pmlogger_daily.pid: No such file or directory
pcpmails/var/mail/pcpgive below errors.
mkdir: cannot create directory '/var/run/pcp': Permission denied
chown: cannot access '/var/run/pcp': No such file or directory
/usr/libexec/pcp/bin/pmlogger_daily: line 393: /var/run/pcp/pmlogger_daily.pid: No such file or directory
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
- pcp-3.8.10-8.el7.x86_64
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