>> Perhaps that option should better be passed on the command line from the init >> script. > > True, it looks like an option that should be taken care of the init > script. Thanks again!
Here's the diff patch for debian/ddclient.init ( aka /etc/init.d/ddclient ).
--- ddclient-3.8.0/debian/ddclient.init~ 2009-02-18 23:25:24.000000000 +0100 +++ ddclient-3.8.0/debian/ddclient.init 2009-06-30 10:53:52.000000000 +0200 @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ . /etc/default/ddclient fi -OPTIONS="-daemon $daemon_interval -syslog" PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid +OPTIONS="-daemon $daemon_interval -syslog -pid $PIDFILE" # Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables . /lib/init/vars.sh
