On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:31:18AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > If a process starts up and does a setuid, should it be writing the > PID file before or after the setuid? > > Two methods exists AFAIK: > > 1 - write your PID immediately, and the file is chown root:wheel > 2 - write your PID to /var/run/myapp/myapp.pid where /var/run/myapp/ > is chown myapp:myapp > > Of the two, I think #1 is cleaner as it does not require another > directory with special permissions. > > Any suggestions?
Why use pid files at all if you could be using a process supervisor instead? -- Jos Backus _/ _/_/_/ Sunnyvale, CA _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ jos at catnook.com _/_/ _/_/_/ require 'std/disclaimer' _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"