Public bug reported: When nginx is not running, the status reported by "service nginx status" loos like this:
root@precise32:~# service nginx status * could not access PID file for nginx I expected the message to say that the service was "stopped" or "not running. The current reported message leads to problems with programs which expect "stop" to be somewhere in the returned string, such as Ansible: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/564 ** Affects: nginx (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1023389 Title: "service nginx status" is confusing when nginx is not running To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/+bug/1023389/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs