Re: [Denyhosts-user] when system crashes denyhosts does not restart due to pid file

[Steve J. <ste...@wi...>]

On 12-Dec-06, at 2:27 PM, Robert T Wyatt wrote:
> I've noticed that (on Mac OS X), when my system crashes, denyhosts  
> will not
> restart due to the pid file not being deleted.
>
> Is this considered a bug to the developers? For me, it is. Has anyone
> implemented a workaround that they would like to share?

Looks like a bug to me.

In the "daemon-control" script, the "start" routine needs to be a  
little smarter. It should:

- check to see if the daemon is already running (if so, display  
"already running" msg)

- check for an orphaned DENYHOSTS_LOCK file (remove if present)

Steve Jakob
Wide Skies Information Technologies