Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:32:49 -0800 From: jonv@ivmg.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: jonv@ivmg.net Subject: bin/25784: syslogd alternate PID file Message-ID: <E14czDd-0009rP-00@perineum.corp.telocity.net>
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>Number: 25784
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: Ability to specify alternate PID file for syslogd
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 13 16:30:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jon Villarreal
>Release: FreeBSD 4.3-BETA i386
>Organization:
IVMG, Inc.
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD abydos.ivmg.net 4.3-BETA FreeBSD 4.3-BETA #0: Tue Mar 13 23:06:14 UTC 2001 jon@abydos.ivmg.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/ABYDOS i386
>Description:
We have have a situation where we're running multiple copies
of syslogd on the same host. There is currently no way
to specify an alternate PID file for syslogd, so the last
copy of syslogd started clobbers the earlier one's PID file.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
*** syslogd.c.orig Tue Mar 13 14:41:49 2001
--- syslogd.c Tue Mar 13 15:45:43 2001
***************
*** 325,331 ****
pid_t ppid = 1;
socklen_t len;
! while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "46Aa:df:kl:m:np:suv")) != -1)
switch (ch) {
case '4':
family = PF_INET;
--- 325,331 ----
pid_t ppid = 1;
socklen_t len;
! while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "46Aa:df:kl:m:np:P:suv")) != -1)
switch (ch) {
case '4':
family = PF_INET;
***************
*** 367,372 ****
--- 367,375 ----
case 'p': /* path */
funixn[0] = optarg;
break;
+ case 'P': /* path for alt. PID */
+ PidFile = optarg;
+ break;
case 's': /* no network mode */
SecureMode++;
break;
***************
*** 597,603 ****
fprintf(stderr, "%s\n%s\n%s\n",
"usage: syslogd [-46Adnsuv] [-a allowed_peer] [-f config_file]",
" [-m mark_interval] [-p log_socket]",
! " [-l log_socket]");
exit(1);
}
--- 600,606 ----
fprintf(stderr, "%s\n%s\n%s\n",
"usage: syslogd [-46Adnsuv] [-a allowed_peer] [-f config_file]",
" [-m mark_interval] [-p log_socket]",
! " [-l log_socket] [-P pid_file");
exit(1);
}
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