--- lib/PXElator/daemons.pm	2009/08/17 13:27:18	244
+++ lib/PXElator/daemons.pm	2009/08/17 15:14:58	245
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	$pid ||= 'not started';
 	warn "start_stop $daemon $pid\n";
 
-	if ( $pid =~ m{^\d+$} ) {
+	if ( $pid =~ m{^\d+$} && kill 0, $pid ) {
 		my $pstree = `pstree -p $pid`;
 		my @pids = $pstree =~ m{\((\d+)\)}g;
 		warn "pstree $pstree pids ",dump( @pids );