On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 07:10:03PM -0000, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > Steve recommends *not* returning 100 in the case where the euid doesn't > own the process. > > pidofproc is not documented as returning non-zero in the case you don't > own the process. In fact, if no pid file is found, and /bin/pidof runs > farther down, it doesn't check ownership either. > > This patch returns 0 if the ps finds a process with a matching pid. > > Comments?
Sounds sane to me. I think it would be fine to remove the kill(1) bits entirely, but am not bothered if you want to leave it in either. -- - mdz -- status_of_proc() calls pidofproc() which calls kill, requiring ownership privileges on the process https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246735 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
