# [ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN)

## SYSLOG Details
- **Message**: Unable to open PID file '<variable>filename</variable>': errno <variable>error-code</variable>
- **Help**: Alarmd could not open PID file
- **Description**: The alarm process (alarmd) could not open the file where it stores its process ID (PID).
- **Type**: Error: An error occurred
- **Severity**: error
- **Cause**: The alarm process (alarmd)might have detected that another alarmd process was running and tried to read the file so that it could use the PID recorded there when terminating the other process.
- **Action**: -
- **Attributes**: filename
error-code
- **Facility**: LOG_DAEMON

## Found this message in the following releases:
- [Junos OS 26.2R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=26.2R1)
- [Junos OS 25.4R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=25.4R1)
- [Junos OS 25.2R2](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=25.2R2)
- [Junos OS 25.2R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=25.2R1)
- [Junos OS 24.4R2](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=24.4R2)
- [Junos OS 24.4R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=24.4R1)
- [Junos OS 24.2R2](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=24.2R2)
- [Junos OS 24.2R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=24.2R1)
- [Junos OS 23.4R2](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=23.4R2)
- [Junos OS 23.4R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=23.4R1)
- [Junos OS 23.2R2](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=23.2R2)
- [Junos OS 23.2R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=23.2R1)
- [Junos OS 22.4R3](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=22.4R3)
- [Junos OS 22.4R2](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=22.4R2)
- [Junos OS 22.4R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=22.4R1)
- [Junos OS 22.2R3](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=22.2R3)
- [Junos OS 22.2R2](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=22.2R2)
- [Junos OS 22.2R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=ALARMD_PIDFILE_OPEN&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=22.2R1)