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Change the notes about the pidfile to include Doug's preference

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for pre-creating the pidfile with appropriate owner and permissions.

Requested by dougb
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Guy Helmer 2012-02-01 16:40:59 +00:00
parent 6af519cf18
commit b34650e320
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=230869
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@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ using the
functionality.
If the
.Fl u
option is used, the directory to contain the pidfile must be writable
by the specified user.
option is used, either the pidfile needs to have been pre-created
with appropriate ownership and permissions, or the directory to contain
the pidfile must be writable by the specified user.
Note, that the file will be created shortly before the process is
actually executed, and will remain after the process exits (although
it will be removed if the execution fails).