/usr/local/lib/nsmnow/lib-nsm-common-utils currently has this:

process_status()
{
        # grab input variables with sane defaulting
        APP=${1:-}
        PID_FILE=${2:-}
        APP_DESC=${3:-}

        echo_msg_begin 1 "$APP_DESC"

        # check for PID file
        if [ -f $PID_FILE ]
        then
                PID=$(cat $PID_FILE)

                # check if PID already running
                if [ "$(ps -ef | grep $APP | grep $PID | grep -v grep | wc -l)" -eq 0 ]
                then
                        echo_msg_end 1
                        echo_msg 1 "stale PID file found, deleting!"
                        rm -f $PID_FILE
                        return 1
                else
                        echo_msg_end 0
                        return 0
                fi
        else
                echo_msg_end 1
                return 1    
        fi
}


It should be changed to:

process_status()
{
        # grab input variables with sane defaulting
        APP=${1:-}
        PID_FILE=${2:-}
        APP_DESC=${3:-}

        echo_msg_begin 1 "$APP_DESC"

        # check for PID file
        if [ -f $PID_FILE ]
        then
                PID=$(cat $PID_FILE)

                # check if PID already running
                if [ "$(ps -ef | grep $APP | grep $PID | grep -v grep | wc -l)" -eq 0 ]
                then
                        echo_msg_end 1
                        echo_msg 1 "stale PID file found!"
                        #rm -f $PID_FILE
                        return 1
                else
                        echo_msg_end 0
                        return 0
                fi
        else
                echo_msg_end 1
                return 1    
        fi
}