/var/lock/subsys reference

[Russell Scibetti]

I've noticed that the init script that comes with Nagios makes reference 
to a nagios file in the /var/lock/subsys directory when you try to stop 
Nagios.  It tries removing this file.  

Well, I'm trying to figure out is when/how this file is even created? 
 The only references I can see to it are in the functions file and the 
init script itself.  

Also, two more question about this.  What if you aren't running on 
Linux, on an OS that doesn't use /var/lock/subsys?  That reference 
definitely seems hardcoded in the init daemon-init.in file.  And what 
happens when you are running multiple instances of Nagios on 1 box.

I know Nagios uses the nagios.lock file for PID storage, and on the 
Linux boxes I have running Nagios, the /var/lock/subsys/nagios file is 
empty.  Is this necessary?  I don't understand what function this 
exactly serves.  Any help with this would be appreciated as I am trying 
to rewrite the init script to be more OS generic (some parts of it don't 
work on Solaris).  Thanks.

-Russell Scibetti

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Russell Scibetti
Quadrix Solutions, Inc.
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