rsyslog service does not reload correctly
Issue
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The rsyslog service didn't always reload correctly. It could be triggered by running
service rsyslog reloadcontinuously.# service rsyslog reload Reloading system logger... [ OK ] # service rsyslog reload Reloading system logger... [FAILED] # service rsyslog reload Reloading system logger... [FAILED]Once the service fails to reload, it continues to fail afterwards. Additionally,
service rsyslog statusreports the following message.# service rsyslog status rsyslogd dead but pid file exists
Environment
- rsyslog-4.6.2-1.el6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, beta 2
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