svn commit: r230869 - head/usr.sbin/daemon

[Doug Barton]

Thanks!  Sorry I didn't get a chance to reply to your last message,
totally buried lately.


Doug


On 02/01/2012 08:41, Guy Helmer wrote:
> Author: ghelmer
> Date: Wed Feb  1 16:40:59 2012
> New Revision: 230869
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/230869
> 
> Log:
>   Change the notes about the pidfile to include Doug's preference
>   for pre-creating the pidfile with appropriate owner and permissions.
>   
>   Requested by dougb
> 
> Modified:
>   head/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8
> 
> Modified: head/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8	Wed Feb  1 15:57:49 2012	(r230868)
> +++ head/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8	Wed Feb  1 16:40:59 2012	(r230869)
> @@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ using the
>  functionality.
>  If the
>  .Fl u
> -option is used, the directory to contain the pidfile must be writable
> -by the specified user.
> +option is used, either the pidfile needs to have been pre-created
> +with appropriate ownership and permissions, or 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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