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--------
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