On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Dustin Kirkland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have attached an updated patch for the status_of_proc() function, that > we're currently carrying in Ubuntu. > > I have replaced the call to pidofproc() with an invocation > of /bin/pidof. > > It seems that pidofproc() will attempt to call "kill -0" on a pid, if a > pidfile is found. This "kill" operation will only succeed if the euid > is that of the user owning the daemon, or the root user. > > Querying the status of a daemon is an operation that should be > accessible by non-privileged users. I think this is a reasonable > tradeoff. I have tested this with modifications to the init scripts of: > (at, bind9, cron, dovecot, openssh-server, samba, sysklogd). It works > very well. > > > Additionally, you mentioned the current lenny freeze. This is a very > small, compact, standalone function within lsb-base. This change should > not affect any existing functionality. Would you reconsider including > this under the current freeze? Patches to a number of init scripts are > gated upon this functionality being incorporated into lsb-base.
I will see what I can do, but I'm not the gatekeeper for whether or not it will actually make it in; lsb-base is already frozen, so the decision is above my pay grade. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
