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authorGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2003-01-03 17:32:11 +0000
committerGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2003-01-03 17:32:11 +0000
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patch to include support for daemontools from Michael Handler
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@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>smbd</command>
<arg choice="opt">-D</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-F</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-S</arg>
<arg choice="opt">-i</arg>
<arg choice="opt">-h</arg>
<arg choice="opt">-V</arg>
@@ -87,12 +89,36 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term>-F</term>
+ <listitem><para>If specified, this parameter causes
+ the main <command>smbd</command> process to not daemonize,
+ i.e. double-fork and disassociate with the terminal.
+ Child processes are still created as normal to service
+ each connection request, but the main process does not
+ exit. This operation mode is suitable for running
+ <command>smbd</command> under process supervisors such
+ as <command>supervise</command> and <command>svscan</command>
+ from Daniel J. Bernstein's <command>daemontools</command>
+ package, or the AIX process monitor.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-S</term>
+ <listitem><para>If specified, this parameter causes
+ <command>smbd</command> to log to standard output rather
+ than a file.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term>-i</term>
<listitem><para>If this parameter is specified it causes the
server to run "interactively", not as a daemon, even if the
server is executed on the command line of a shell. Setting this
parameter negates the implicit deamon mode when run from the
- command line.
+ command line. <command>smbd</command> also logs to standard
+ output, as if the <command>-S</command> parameter had been
+ given. </para></listitem>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>