Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 02:10:04 -0800 (PST) From: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/47390: Updated Port: security/fakeident Message-ID: <200301231010.h0NAA4FM026375@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/47390; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> To: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/47390: Updated Port: security/fakeident Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 18:00:08 +0800 At 10:56 23/01/2003 +0100, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: >how about checking for /var/run/identd.pid existance? >otherwise stopping a not running fakeidentd will produce an ugly error >message: >cat: /var/run/identd.pid: No such file or directory simon-- The problem is that the identd daemon doesn't remove this file upon exiting, as a result, a stop will return a no such process error anyway. Kind of a case of 6 of one, half a dozen of the other... That said, it's certainly feasible to check for the existence of the pid file, and if it exists, send a kill to the pid in it and then rm the file, all within the rc.d script. Regards, d. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports-bugs" in the body of the message
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