svn commit: r230541 - head/usr.sbin/daemon

[Doug Barton]

On 01/25/2012 06:50, Guy Helmer wrote:
> Author: ghelmer
> Date: Wed Jan 25 14:50:12 2012
> New Revision: 230541
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/230541
> 
> Log:
>   Revert 229667: After some discussion of this change, it seems it is
>   better to leave the pidfile open where it was. Add a note to the
>   man page describing pidfile strategies to use if the daemon is to
>   be run as a user other than root.

Did you see the message I sent requesting that you mention the
alternative of pre-creating the pidfile with the right permissions, and
provided a proposed text to that effect?

> Modified:
>   head/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8
>   head/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.c
> 
> Modified: head/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8	Wed Jan 25 14:38:00 2012	(r230540)
> +++ head/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8	Wed Jan 25 14:50:12 2012	(r230541)
> @@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ Write the ID of the created process into
>  using the
>  .Xr pidfile 3
>  functionality.
> +If the
> +.Fl u
> +option is used, the directory to contain the pidfile must be writable
> +by the specified user.
>  Note, that the file will be created shortly before the process is
>  actually executed, and will remain after the process exits (although
>  it will be removed if the execution fails).

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