[Users] Doesn't create .pid file and a bunch of <defunct> processes.

[Klaus Darilion]

Script Head wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a generic setup of openser 1.0.1 compiled with the PostgreSQL 
> module on Slackware 10.2 and looks like all the modules load right.
> 
> When I run it in the no-fork debug mode it works fine. When I set it to 
> fork, it doesn't write the /var/run/openser.pid file and I have a 8 
> [openser] <defunct> processes running.
> 
> I start it like so ./openser -f /etc/openser/openser.conf -P 
> /var/run/openser.pid
> 
> Where should I start looking?

increase the debug level (debug=4) and wath the syslog messages

tail -f /var/log/syslog | grep -v qm_

regards
klaus