On Jan 5, 2012, at 8:58 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 01/05/2012 14:48, Guy Helmer wrote: >> Allow daemon(8) to run pidfile_open() before relenquishing privileges >> so pid files can be written in /var/run when started as root. > > I'm not sure how useful this is since when daemon is exiting it won't be > able to remove the pid file (unless I'm missing something). > > Isn't it better to pre-create the pid file with the proper permissions > for the unprivileged user? >
Would it be OK for daemon to hang around and wait for the child process to exit, then remove the pid file? The only other alternative I see would be to create a subdirectory that is writable by the user so the child can create and delete the pid file. Guy-------- This message has been scanned by ComplianceSafe, powered by Palisade's PacketSure. _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
