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

## SYSLOG Details
- **Message**: Unable to update process PID file: <variable>error-message</variable>
- **Help**: auditd could not update PID file
- **Description**: The audit process (auditd) attempted to update the file that records its process ID (PID), which serves to prevent multiple instances of auditd from running simultaneously. It could not update the file and exited after logging this message.
- **Type**: SNO: Should Not Occur
- **Severity**: error
- **Cause**: -
- **Action**: -
- **Attributes**: error-message
- **Facility**: LOG_DAEMON

## Found this message in the following releases:
- [Junos OS 24.2R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=AUDITD_PID_FILE_UPDATE&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=24.2R1)
- [Junos OS 23.4R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=AUDITD_PID_FILE_UPDATE&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=23.4R1)