Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 02:11:42 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015920703.139c8b@mired.org> To: Sandeep Kumar <skumar@juniper.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Monitoring an arbitrary daemon through init Message-ID: <15495.8382.767494.945495@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <77530151@toto.iv>
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Sandeep Kumar <skumar@juniper.net> types: > init(8) man page says that , its possible to monitor a daemon by adding > an entry in /etc/ttys. > > I added the following entry and then sent SIGHUP to init: > -d "/usr/sbin/syslogd -s" unknown on > > > syslogd didn't start. Does this feature work? If yes, can somebody send > me an example entry? It worked at one point, but it's a bad idea. You can find an example at <URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=conf/27418 >, as well as a discussion of why it's a bad idea. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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