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Diffstat (limited to 'catsitd.8')
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1 files changed, 38 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/catsitd.8 b/catsitd.8 index e5e7290..ae89531 100644 --- a/catsitd.8 +++ b/catsitd.8 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ daemon spawns processes for a list of redirects their output to syslog, and restarts the processes when they exit according to their exit status. -Exponential backoff is applied to restarts. +Exponential backoff is applied to automatic restarts. . .Pp The list of services is defined in a @@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ through a named pipe. The .Xr catsit 8 utility is a wrapper -around the named pipe, +for writing to the named pipe, and its manual page -describes the control command format. +describes the control command syntax. . .Pp The arguments are as follows: @@ -76,10 +76,12 @@ By default the working directory is . .It Fl c Ar control Set the path of the named pipe -used for control. +used for service control. . .It Fl d Do not run as a daemon. +Log to standard error +as well as syslog. . .It Fl f Ar config Set the path of the @@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ Change group to before starting services. If .Fl u -is used, +is set, the default group is the user's group. . .It Fl p Ar pidfile @@ -118,11 +120,12 @@ The default list contains the values of .Dv EX_USAGE , .Dv EX_DATAERR , .Dv EX_NOINPUT , -.Dv EX_OSFILE , +.Dv EX_OSFILE +and .Dv EX_CANTCREAT defined in .Xr sysexits 3 . -The exit statuses 127 and 126 +The exit statuses 126 and 127 are always treated as stop exits. . .It Fl t Ar restart @@ -137,36 +140,42 @@ The default interval is 1 second. Change user to .Ar user before starting services. +Services which are +.Em privileged +are started without changing user. +The +.Xr catsit.conf 5 +manual page +describes privileged services. .El . .Pp -When the +The .Nm -daemon receives the -.Dv HUP -signal, -the +daemon takes the following actions +in response to signals: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Dv HUP +The .Xr catsit.conf 5 file is reloaded. -Modified services -are not automatically restarted, -newly added services -are not automatically started, -and removed services -are not automatically stopped. -. -.Pp -When the -.Nm -daemon receives the -.Dv TERM -signal, -the named pipe is closed, -all services are stopped, -and +Services are not automatically +started, stopped or restarted. +Removed services can be dropped with +.Xr catsit 8 . +. +.It Dv TERM +The named pipe used for service control +is closed and unlinked. +All services are stopped, +after which .Nm exits. . +.It Dv INFO +The current status of all services is logged. +.El +. .Sh ENVIRONMENT Services are started with empty environments @@ -196,7 +205,7 @@ The default path of the file. .It Pa /var/run/catsitd.pipe The default path of the named pipe -used for control. +used for service control. .El . .Sh SEE ALSO |