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27.\" $FreeBSD$
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29.Dd March 19, 2007
30.Dt DAEMON 8
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm daemon
34.Nd run detached from the controlling terminal
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Nm
37.Op Fl cf
38.Op Fl p Ar pidfile
39.Op Fl u Ar user
40.Ar command arguments ...
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44utility detaches itself from the controlling terminal and
45executes the program specified by its arguments.
46Privileges may be lowered to the specified user.
47.Pp
48The options are as follows:
49.Bl -tag -width indent
50.It Fl c
51Change the current working directory to the root
52.Pq Dq Pa / .
53.It Fl f
54Redirect standard input, standard output and standard error to
55.Pa /dev/null .
56.It Fl p Ar file
57Write the ID of the created process into the
58.Ar file
59using the
60.Xr pidfile 3
61functionality.
62Note, that the file will be created shortly before the process is
63actually executed, and will remain after the process exits (although
64it will be removed if the execution fails).
65.It Fl u Ar user
66Run the program with the rights of user specified, requires privilege.
67.El
68.Sh EXIT STATUS
69The
70.Nm
71utility exits 1 if an error is returned by the
72.Xr daemon 3
73library routine, 2 if the
74.Ar pidfile
75is requested, but cannot be opened, 3 if process is already running (pidfile
76exists and is locked),
77otherwise 0.
78.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
79If the command cannot be executed, an error message is displayed on
80standard error unless the
81.Fl f
82flag is specified.
83.Sh SEE ALSO
84.Xr setregid 2 ,
85.Xr setreuid 2 ,
86.Xr daemon 3 ,
87.Xr exec 3 ,
88.Xr pidfile 3 ,
89.Xr termios 4 ,
90.Xr tty 4
91.Sh HISTORY
92The
93.Nm
94utility first appeared in
95.Fx 4.7 .
96