Eric Cooper wrote:
> On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 03:16:45AM -0400, JP Vossen wrote:
>> When run from '/etc/init.d/approx start' the approx daemon should
>> write a PID file, but it's not. Something missing in the init
>> script?
>
> I removed the pidfile creation some time ago, and the init script just
> kills approx by name.
Sorry, I missed that in the change log.
> Does the lack of a pidfile cause any problem?
A PID file would facilitate daemon monitoring of the process e.g., by
http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/doc/examples.php. I worked around it
via this port checking:
# Check approx, since it has no PIDFILE, we can only do this
check host foo with address foo.example.com
if failed port 9999 protocol http
request /debian/dists/etch/Release.gpg
then alert
It seems to me that more daemons write PIDFILES than not, but not a big
deal either way.
Thanks,
JP
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