Rsyslog fails to start with error : rsyslogd:pidfile '/var/run/syslogd.pid' and pid 29351 already exist.
Issue
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rsyslog service fails to start with below error message
rsyslogd: pidfile '/var/run/syslogd.pid' and pid 29351 already exist. If you want to run multiple instances of rsyslog, you need to specify different pid files for them (-i option).
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- rsyslog
- syslog-ng
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