[GH-ISSUE #82] .pid file locked #58

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opened 2026-03-03 16:04:05 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-03 16:04:05 +03:00

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Originally created by @the1mills on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/mthenw/frontail/issues/82

sorry if this has been asked before, what is the canonical way to deal with this?

Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/var/run/frontail.pid'
    at Error (native)
    at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:640:18)
    at Object.fs.writeFileSync (fs.js:1333:33)
    at module.exports (/Users/t_millal/WebstormProjects/autodesk/crucible-poc-discovery/node_modules/frontail/lib/daemonize.js:57:6)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/t_millal/WebstormProjects/autodesk/crucible-poc-discovery/node_modules/frontail/index.js:34:3)
    at Module._compile (module.js:556:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:565:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:473:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:432:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:424:3)

Originally created by @the1mills on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/mthenw/frontail/issues/82 sorry if this has been asked before, what is the canonical way to deal with this? ``` Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/var/run/frontail.pid' at Error (native) at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:640:18) at Object.fs.writeFileSync (fs.js:1333:33) at module.exports (/Users/t_millal/WebstormProjects/autodesk/crucible-poc-discovery/node_modules/frontail/lib/daemonize.js:57:6) at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/t_millal/WebstormProjects/autodesk/crucible-poc-discovery/node_modules/frontail/index.js:34:3) at Module._compile (module.js:556:32) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:565:10) at Module.load (module.js:473:32) at tryModuleLoad (module.js:432:12) at Function.Module._load (module.js:424:3) ```

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kerem commented

2026-03-03 16:04:05 +03:00

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@mthenw commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016):

Hey, when running as a daemon frontail sets its process id in a file (for easier cleanup). By default it's /var/run/frontail.pid. Looks like your user doesn't have access there. You can change pid file path with --pid-path flag or run command with sudo.

@mthenw commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016): Hey, when running as a daemon frontail sets its process id in a file (for easier cleanup). By default it's `/var/run/frontail.pid`. Looks like your user doesn't have access there. You can change pid file path with `--pid-path` flag or run command with `sudo`.

kerem commented

2026-03-03 16:04:06 +03:00

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@the1mills commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016):

why not install this .pid in the user's path (uset home directory)? then
the user will chown it by default?
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[PR #58] [CLOSED] Tail should not exit on errors. #188