Re: /var/run write permissions (was: New user for new package)

[Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>]

Andres Seco Hernandez <AndresSH@ctv.es> writes:
> > > But then, the file /var/run/daemonname.pid can not be created from
> > > the own daemon. /var/run hasn't write permisions for the user used
> > > in chuid.
> > 
> > use the --make-pidfile option to start-stop-daemon.  

> I can't use it because the daemon forks, so, the pid used saved with
> make-pidfile is not real.

Perhaps start-stop-daemon ought to create the pid-file before changing
users, and chown it to the right user?  Then you could just rewrite it
yourself after forking with the correct PID.

-Miles