Allow daemon(8) to run pidfile_open() before relenquishing privileges

so pid files can be written in /var/run when started as root.

I do not expect this to cause any security issues, but if anyone objects
it could be easily reverted.

PR:		bin/159568
MFC after:	4 weeks
This commit is contained in:
Guy Helmer 2012-01-05 22:48:36 +00:00
parent 1e96ae8193
commit 074db536b3
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=229667

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@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
if (argc == 0)
usage();
if (user != NULL)
restrict_process(user);
/*
* Try to open the pidfile before calling daemon(3),
* to be able to report the error intelligently
@ -97,6 +94,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
}
if (user != NULL)
restrict_process(user);
if (daemon(nochdir, noclose) == -1)
err(1, NULL);