On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 09:36:24PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > ser2net, a small daemon in a package maintained by me, cannot write > its own pidfile. Since it forks and detaches by default, > start-stop-daemon's --make-pidfile option is of no use as well, since > the daemon that ends up running has a different pid than s-s-d's > child. > [..] > > How am I supposed to properly lsb-ize ser2net's init script? Is it ok > to directly call s-s-d from the init script or do I need other > workarounds?
Perhaps you could patch the daemon to add pidfile writing? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]