NAME
duende - run a child process as a daemon
DESCRIPTION
duende makes a given child process a daemon. The standard output and
standard error of the child process is logged via syslog() with a
priority of LOG_INFO.
USAGE
duende child_process [ all subsequent arguments passed on to child ]
DETAILS
When duende is invoked, it spawns two processes. In addition to
spawning the daemonized child process, duende also spawns a process
which reads and logs the standard output of the daemonized process. The
parent process stays alive so as to monitor the daemonized process.
duende requires a blank directory named /etc/maradns/logger to run.
Should the parent duende process a HUP signal, duende will restart the
child process. Should the daemonized or logging process received an
untrapped HUP signal or exit with an exit code of 8, duende will
restart the process. Should the daemonized or logging process exit for
any other reason, duende will send the logger process a TERM signal and
exit. Should the duende parent process receive a TERM or INT signal,
duende sends all of its children TERM signals, then exits.
The duende process must be started as the superuser; this is because
Duende's intended child processes (maradns and zoneserver) need to bind
to privileged ports, and because duende uses a setuid() call to change
the user ID of the logging process to the user with ID 66.
LOGGING
duende uses the syslog() facility to log the standard output of the
program that it invokes. The name of the program (in other words, the
"ident" given to openlog()) is the full path of the first argument
given to duende. All messages created by the child process are sent to
syslog() with a priority of LOG_INFO and a "facility" of LOG_DAEMON
(daemon.info in /etc/syslog.conf); since daemon.info messages are not
logged by default in FreeBSD, on FreeBSD systems messages generated by
the child process are logged with a priority of LOG_ALERT and a
"facility" of LOG_DAEMON (daemon.alert in /etc/syslog.conf). Should
duende itself encounter an error, it will send messages to syslog()
with a priority of LOG_ALERT.
For example, suppose one invokes duende thusly:
duende /usr/local/sbin/maradns
If invoked thusly, duende will log all messages with the "ident"
(program name) of "/usr/local/sbin/maradns". If this is not desired,
invoke duende with something like:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin
duende maradns
This will log messages with a (more sensible) "ident" of maradns.
Note: If a non-POSIX Bourne shell (such as csh, es, rc, or fish) is
used to invoke MaraDNS, the above syntax needs to be changed.
Also, the directory /etc/maradns/logger, while used by duende, is not
used to store any log messages. That is unless, for some reason, one
configures syslog to store messages there.
EXAMPLES
Using duende to start maradns, where the mararc file is /etc/mararc.2
duende maradns -f /etc/mararc.2
Using duende to start zoneserver, where the mararc file is
/etc/mararc.4
duende zoneserver -f /etc/mararc.4
BUGS
Duende assumes that all of its children are well-behaved, eating their
vegetables, going to bed when told, and terminating when receiving a
TERM signal.
SEE ALSO
maradns(8), syslog(3)
http://www.maradns.org
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
AUTHOR
Duende and this man page are written by Sam Trenholme. D Richard Felker
III provided some invaluable assistance with the piping code which
duende uses.