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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 | 20 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 b/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 index d1d4e35..a8c32f0 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd March 19, 2007 +.Dd February 19, 2012 .Dt DAEMON 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -59,14 +59,18 @@ Write the ID of the created process into the using the .Xr pidfile 3 functionality. -If the +The program is executed in a spawned child process while the +.Nm +waits until it terminates to keep the +.Ar file +locked and removes it after the process exits. +The +.Ar file +owner is the user who runs the +.Nm +regardless of whether the .Fl u -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). +option is used or not. .It Fl u Ar user Login name of the user to execute the program under. Requires adequate superuser privileges. |
