Hi, ser2net, a small daemon in a package maintained by me, cannot write its own pidfile. Since it forks and detaches by default, start-stop-daemon's --make-pidfile option is of no use as well, since the daemon that ends up running has a different pid than s-s-d's child.
Before, I started that daemon with s-s-d --background --make-pidfile --exec $DAEMON -- -n, with -n being its option for "do not fork and background yourself". While I do not find this particularly elegant (is there any better way?), it precludes me from using /lib/lsb/init-function's start_daemon function as start_daemon is not able to pass arbitrary options to s-s-d, and there is no option to invoke --background --make-pidfile. How am I supposed to properly lsb-ize ser2net's init script? Is it ok to directly call s-s-d from the init script or do I need other workarounds? Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
