In Red Hat Satellite6 goferd failed with error `socket.error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory`

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Issue

  • In Red Hat Satellite6 goferd failed with error socket.error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
# service goferd start
Starting goferdTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/goferd", line 17, in <module>
    from gofer.agent.main import main
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/gofer/agent/main.py", line 26, in <module>
    LogHandler.install()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/gofer/agent/logutil.py", line 44, in install
    handler = LogHandler(address='/dev/log', facility=SysLogHandler.LOG_DAEMON)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/logging/handlers.py", line 715, in __init__
    self._connect_unixsocket(address)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/logging/handlers.py", line 731, in _connect_unixsocket
    self.socket.connect(address)
  File "<string>", line 1, in connect
socket.error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory   [FAILED]

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.x

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