[CHUKWA-414] Better error messaging for pid file errors

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Assignee: William W. Graham Jr
• Reporter: William W. Graham Jr
• Created: 10/Nov/09 17:20
• Updated: 30/Nov/09 15:48
• Resolved: 10/Nov/09 18:31

Description

Upon starting the collector, if the configured pid dir fs doesn't support locking (i.e., nfs) you get this:
Initializaiton failed: can not write pid file.

This should be improved to 1.) echo back the pid file, 2.) specify that it's a locking issue and 3.) correct the typo.