yum-updatesd dead but subsys locked

[Shutdown]

Hey guys:

I ran service --status-all and on the last line, I got this:

yum-updatesd dead but subsys locked


I was wondering what that means?

[robertdaleweir]

Hey guys:

I ran service --status-all and on the last line, I got this:

yum-updatesd dead but subsys locked


I was wondering what that means?

Hi
As root go to the directory /var/lock/subsys and look for a file with the name yum-updatesd . Remove it with 'rm -i yum-updatesd' (exclude the single quotes). This is a lock file and is created each time a process starts. These get messed up and must be removed on occasion.
Cheers...
Robert