From 306847ea67dfcb4b7c24b259be37551e37a97593 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 02:32:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that we abort if the pid file exists. --- rsyncd.conf.yo | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/rsyncd.conf.yo b/rsyncd.conf.yo index cbd0dd9a..216a3b4c 100644 --- a/rsyncd.conf.yo +++ b/rsyncd.conf.yo @@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ usually contains site information and any legal notices. The default is no motd file. dit(bf(pid file)) The "pid file" option tells the rsync daemon to write -its process ID to that file. +its process ID to that file. If the file already exists, the rsync +daemon will abort rather than overwrite the file. dit(bf(port)) You can override the default port the daemon will listen on by specifying this value (defaults to 873). This is ignored if the daemon -- 2.34.1