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). _______________________________________________ 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"
