sshd: when a daemon forks

[Alex Smith]

Mildred wrote:
> Sorry, even if I read the ssh manual page and help output i didn't see
> the -D flag that keeps sshd in the foreground.
> 
> But the question is still here, it is possible that some daemons do not
> provide this kind of feature, then how do you use them with upstart ?
> 
> Mildred

Run the daemon as a state as a temporary solution. This means just have 
a pre-start script that starts the daemon and a post-stop script that 
kills it, and have no exec/script stanza. Also include the service keyword.

Of course, the long term solution would be to patch the daemon.

Thanks,
Alex

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Alex Smith
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