Metasploit service - `remove_stale_pid_file': log/thin.pid already exists

[Youcef]

Hello,
OK now I'm really loosing my mind because of the Metasploit service, I had the error with it before I couldn't fix it so I had to format my PC and have a fresh Kali OS, after installation I had to apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade -y update successfull, of course the metasploit service was running like a charm, anyway I installed Google Chrome and made it run as root, than installed PlayOnLinux and runed it as a normal user by adding it adduser youcef, after trying to reboot my PC in rebooting an error was showing so i had it in mind it was metasploit service after booting in again into my OS desktop I started the terminal and

root@Yusuf:~# service postgresql status 
Running clusters: 9.1/main 
root@Yusuf:~# service metasploit status 
[ ok ] Metasploit rpc server is running.
[FAIL] Metasploit web server is not running ... failed!
[FAIL] Metasploit worker is not running ... failed!
root@Yusuf:~# service metasploit stop 
[ ok ] Stopping Metasploit worker: worker.
[FAIL] Stopping Metasploit web server: thin failed!
[ ok ] Stopping Metasploit rpc server: prosvc.
root@Yusuf:~# service metasploit start 
[ ok ] Starting Metasploit rpc server: prosvc.
[....] Starting Metasploit web server: thin/opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.1/lib/thin/daemonizing.rb:173:in `remove_stale_pid_file': log/thin.pid already exists, seems like it's already running (process ID: 0). Stop the process or delete log/thin.pid. (Thin::PidFileExist)
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.1/lib/thin/daemonizing.rb:43:in `daemonize'
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.1/lib/thin/controllers/controller.rb:61:in `start'
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.1/lib/thin/runner.rb:187:in `run_command'
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.1/lib/thin/runner.rb:152:in `run!'
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.1/bin/thin:6:in `<top (required)>'
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/scripts/ctl.rb:32:in `load'
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/scripts/ctl.rb:32:in `start_thin'
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/scripts/ctl.rb:46:in `<main>'

seriously?? only after 3 days of a fresh Kali installation I get the metasploit error????

[sickn3ss]

Have you tried talking to the metasploit developers on their support IRC channel ? What do they say causes this issue ?

[zimmaro]

Hello,
OK now I'm really loosing my mind because of the Metasploit service, I had the error with it before I couldn't fix it so I had to format my PC and have a fresh Kali OS, after installation I had to apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade -y update successfull, of course the metasploit service was running like a charm, anyway I installed Google Chrome and made it run as root, than installed PlayOnLinux and runed it as a normal user by adding it adduser youcef, after trying to reboot my PC in rebooting an error was showing so i had it in mind it was metasploit service after booting in again into my OS desktop I started the terminal and

root@Yusuf:~# service postgresql status 
Running clusters: 9.1/main 
root@Yusuf:~# service metasploit status 
[ ok ] Metasploit rpc server is running.
[FAIL] Metasploit web server is not running ... failed!
[FAIL] Metasploit worker is not running ... failed!
root@Yusuf:~# service metasploit stop 
[ ok ] Stopping Metasploit worker: worker.
[FAIL] Stopping Metasploit web server: thin failed!
[ ok ] Stopping Metasploit rpc server: prosvc.
root@Yusuf:~# service metasploit start 
[ ok ] Starting Metasploit rpc server: prosvc.
[....] Starting Metasploit web server: thin/opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.1/lib/thin/daemonizing.rb:173:in `remove_stale_pid_file': log/thin.pid already exists, seems like it's already running (process ID: 0). Stop the process or delete log/thin.pid. (Thin::PidFileExist)
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.1/lib/thin/daemonizing.rb:43:in `daemonize'
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.1/lib/thin/controllers/controller.rb:61:in `start'
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.1/lib/thin/runner.rb:187:in `run_command'
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.1/lib/thin/runner.rb:152:in `run!'
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.1/bin/thin:6:in `<top (required)>'
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/scripts/ctl.rb:32:in `load'
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/scripts/ctl.rb:32:in `start_thin'
	from /opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/scripts/ctl.rb:46:in `<main>'

seriously?? only after 3 days of a fresh Kali installation I get the metasploit error????

hi
sorry my stupid question :is your "problem" perhaps linked to an attempted to removal metasploit?
https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...asploit-issues

[Youcef]

hi
sorry my stupid question :is your "problem" perhaps linked to an attempted to removal metasploit?
https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...asploit-issues

yes i've already asked the question but i had another problem but that was before formatting my Kali partiton and reinstalling it again

[g0tmi1k]

Whats the output of:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

I believe the issue is due to the fact the service wasn't closed down 'nicely' and it didn't remove the old PID file.

[....]`remove_stale_pid_file': log/thin.pid already exists, seems like it's already running (process ID: 0). Stop the process or delete log/thin.pid. (Thin::PidFileExist)

If you're 100% sure the service isn't running, try deleting that thin.pid file.

/opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/log/thin.pid

[Youcef]

Whats the output of:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

I believe the issue is due to the fact the service wasn't closed down 'nicely' and it didn't remove the old PID file.

If you're 100% sure the service isn't running, try deleting that thin.pid file.

/opt/metasploit/apps/pro/ui/log/thin.pid

well here's the report when cat /etc/apt/sources.list

# 

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 _Kali_ - Official Snapshot i386 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20130905-08:50]/ kali contrib main non-free

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 _Kali_ - Official Snapshot i386 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20130905-08:50]/ kali contrib main non-free

deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib

## Security updates
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free

and yes the service wasn't closed nicely cause i had a power issues at my town they were working on so i lost that day power about 3 or 4 times anyway the metasploit service and postgresql service starts on Kali's startup , command update-rc.d postgresql enable && update-rc.d metasploit enable and for the thin.pid yes it wasn't deleted now after deleting it the metasploit starts without any problems, Thank you very much

[g0tmi1k]

and yes the service wasn't closed nicely cause i had a power issues at my town they were working on so i lost that day power about 3 or 4 times anyway the metasploit service and postgresql service starts on Kali's startup , command update-rc.d postgresql enable && update-rc.d metasploit enable and for the thin.pid yes it wasn't deleted now after deleting it the metasploit starts without any problems, Thank you very much

That would explain why it happeend
Glad to hear you have it working now.