My understanding is that start-stop-daemon "--pidfile" option is used to match an existing process (and not start anything is it already exists), not to create a pidfile.
So it should be present AND match whatever is in PidFile ? -- openssh-server init script contains irrelevant --pidfile argument to start-stop-daemon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs