On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:39 PM, C Anthony Risinger <anthony@xxxxxxx> wrote: > for example, i modify several .service files -- even ones that are > shipped upstream -- because they are pointlessly configured as > `forking` when they could be much better integrated (ddclient, dhcpd, > hostapd, SEVERAL unfortunately) ... > > eg, in general, PID files are not needed anymore, and logs should go > to STDOUT. so ... set the daemon to FOREGROUND, and DON'T redirect > output (see man systemd.exec for stdout/err options, among others). Please file bugs if you think there are errors. Sometimes "Type=forking" is the right thing to do. If the daemon is not socket/dbus actiavted, then Type=forking is the only way to know if a service has finished starting. > ExecStop=-/bin/kill $MAINPID Hm, this should be uneccesary, no? If no ExecStop is configured the process will get a SIGTERM when the service is stopped. -t
