With this option, uuidd does not create the PID file.
Signed-off-by: Petr Uzel <petr.uzel@xxxxxxx>
---
misc-utils/uuidd.8 | 3 +++
misc-utils/uuidd.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/misc-utils/uuidd.8 b/misc-utils/uuidd.8
index 8e82b10..07e533b 100644
--- a/misc-utils/uuidd.8
+++ b/misc-utils/uuidd.8
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ UUIDs.
Specify the pathname where the pid file should be written. By default,
the pid file is written to /var/run/uuidd/uuidd.pid.
.TP
+.BR \-P , " \-\-no-pid "
+Do not create pid file.
+.TP
.B \-q
Suppress some failure messages.
.TP
diff --git a/misc-utils/uuidd.c b/misc-utils/uuidd.c
index 0288a03..79da894 100644
--- a/misc-utils/uuidd.c
+++ b/misc-utils/uuidd.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ static void __attribute__ ((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE * out)
" -r, --random test random-based generation\n"
" -t, --time test time-based generation\n"
" -n, --uuids <num> request number of uuids\n"
+ " -P, --no-pid do not create pid file\n"
" -d, --debug run in debugging mode\n"
" -q, --quiet turn on quiet mode\n"
" -V, --version output version information and exit\n"
@@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ static const char *cleanup_pidfile, *cleanup_socket;
static void terminate_intr(int signo CODE_ATTR((unused)))
{
- unlink(cleanup_pidfile);
+ if (cleanup_pidfile)
+ unlink(cleanup_pidfile);
if (cleanup_socket)
unlink(cleanup_socket);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
@@ -255,12 +257,14 @@ static void server_loop(const char *socket_path, const char *pidfile_path,
char reply_buf[1024], *cp;
char op, str[UUID_STR_LEN];
int i, s, ns, len, num;
- int fd_pidfile, ret;
+ int fd_pidfile = -1;
+ int ret;
signal(SIGALRM, terminate_intr);
alarm(30);
- fd_pidfile = create_pidfile(pidfile_path, quiet);
+ if (pidfile_path)
+ fd_pidfile = create_pidfile(pidfile_path, quiet);
ret = call_daemon(socket_path, UUIDD_OP_GETPID, reply_buf, sizeof(reply_buf), 0, NULL);
if (ret > 0) {
@@ -320,13 +324,15 @@ static void server_loop(const char *socket_path, const char *pidfile_path,
signal(SIGALRM, terminate_intr);
signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
- sprintf(reply_buf, "%8d\n", getpid());
- if (ftruncate(fd_pidfile, 0)) {
- /* Silence warn_unused_result */
+ if (pidfile_path) {
+ sprintf(reply_buf, "%8d\n", getpid());
+ if (ftruncate(fd_pidfile, 0)) {
+ /* Silence warn_unused_result */
+ }
+ write_all(fd_pidfile, reply_buf, strlen(reply_buf));
+ if (fd_pidfile > 1)
+ close(fd_pidfile); /* Unlock the pid file */
}
- write_all(fd_pidfile, reply_buf, strlen(reply_buf));
- if (fd_pidfile > 1)
- close(fd_pidfile); /* Unlock the pid file */
while (1) {
fromlen = sizeof(from_addr);
@@ -445,7 +451,8 @@ static void __attribute__ ((__noreturn__)) unexpected_size(int size)
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
const char *socket_path = UUIDD_SOCKET_PATH;
- const char *pidfile_path = UUIDD_PIDFILE_PATH;
+ const char *pidfile_path = NULL;
+ const char *pidfile_path_param = NULL;
const char *err_context;
char buf[1024], *cp;
char str[UUID_STR_LEN], *tmp;
@@ -455,6 +462,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
int i, c, ret;
int debug = 0, do_type = 0, do_kill = 0, num = 0;
int timeout = 0, quiet = 0, drop_privs = 0;
+ int no_pid = 0;
static const struct option longopts[] = {
{"pid", required_argument, NULL, 'p'},
@@ -464,6 +472,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
{"random", no_argument, NULL, 'r'},
{"time", no_argument, NULL, 't'},
{"uuids", required_argument, NULL, 'n'},
+ {"no-pid", no_argument, NULL, 'P'},
{"debug", no_argument, NULL, 'd'},
{"quiet", no_argument, NULL, 'q'},
{"version", no_argument, NULL, 'V'},
@@ -476,7 +485,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
textdomain(PACKAGE);
while ((c =
- getopt_long(argc, argv, "p:s:T:krtn:dqVh", longopts,
+ getopt_long(argc, argv, "p:s:T:krtn:PdqVh", longopts,
NULL)) != -1) {
switch (c) {
case 'd':
@@ -495,7 +504,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
}
break;
case 'p':
- pidfile_path = optarg;
+ pidfile_path_param = optarg;
+ drop_privs = 1;
+ break;
+ case 'P':
+ no_pid = 1;
drop_privs = 1;
break;
case 'q':
@@ -531,6 +544,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
usage(stderr);
}
}
+
+ if (no_pid && pidfile_path_param && !quiet)
+ fprintf(stderr, _("Both --pid and --no-pid specified. "
+ "Ignoring --no-pid.\n"));
+
+ if (!no_pid && !pidfile_path_param)
+ pidfile_path = UUIDD_PIDFILE_PATH;
+ else if (pidfile_path_param)
+ pidfile_path = pidfile_path_param;
+
+
uid = getuid();
if (uid && drop_privs) {
gid = getgid();
--
1.7.7
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