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| -rw-r--r-- | man/start-stop-daemon.8 | 27 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/man/start-stop-daemon.8 b/man/start-stop-daemon.8 index 1b1f664c..8b63741a 100644 --- a/man/start-stop-daemon.8 +++ b/man/start-stop-daemon.8 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd April 19, 2009 +.Dd April 22, 2009 .Dt START-STOP-DAEMON 8 SMM .Os OpenRC .Sh NAME @@ -52,14 +52,6 @@ are provided, then we assume we are starting the daemon. If a daemon cannot background by itself, nor create a pidfile, .Nm can do it for the daemon in a secure fashion. -.Nm -also ensures that a daemon really has started by checking to see if it still -exists for a short time after it has started. This is because some badly -written daemons like to daemonize before checking their configuration, doing -sanity checks, etc. Likewise, -.Nm -ensures that a daemon really stops as well, again by using the information -above to ensure that it's not running. .Pp If .Nm @@ -84,6 +76,16 @@ listed in the Match the process .Ar name instead of a pidfile or executable. +.It Fl i , -interpreted +When matching process name, we should ensure that the correct interpreter +is also matched. +So if the daemon foo starts off like so +.D1 #!/usr/bin/perl -w +then +.Nm +matches the process +.D1 /usr/bin/perl -w foo +If an interpreted daemon changes it's process name then this won't work. .It Fl u , -user Ar user Ns Op : Ns Ar group Start the daemon as the .Ar user @@ -155,10 +157,9 @@ but with the standard error output. These options are only used for stopping daemons: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl R , -retry Ar timeout | Ar signal Ns / Ns Ar timeout -You can either specify a timeout or a multiple signal/timeout pairs as a -stopping schedule. -If not specified then a default value of SIGTERM/0 is -assumed. +You can either specify a timeout in seconds or a multiple signal/timeout +pairs as a stopping schedule. +If not specified then a default value of SIGTERM/5 is assumed. .El .Sh ENVIRONMENT .Va SSD_NICELEVEL |