Take the new doc out of the branch and into trunk

[nodemanager.git] / tools.py

diff --git a/tools.py b/tools.py
index 994089e..f41f981 100644 (file)
--- a/tools.py
+++ b/tools.py
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ def daemon():
     os.chdir('/')
     os.umask(0)
     devnull = os.open(os.devnull, os.O_RDWR)
-    for fd in range(3): os.dup2(devnull, fd)
+    os.dup2(devnull, 0)
+    crashlog = os.open('/root/nm.stderr', os.O_RDWR | os.O_APPEND | os.O_CREAT, 0644)
+    os.dup2(crashlog, 1)
+    os.dup2(crashlog, 2)
 
 def fork_as(su, function, *args):
     """fork(), cd / to avoid keeping unused directories open, close all nonstandard file descriptors (to avoid capturing open sockets), fork() again (to avoid zombies) and call <function> with arguments <args> in the grandchild process.  If <su> is not None, set our group and user ids appropriately in the child process."""
@@ -43,9 +46,10 @@ def fork_as(su, function, *args):
         try:
             os.chdir('/')
             close_nonstandard_fds()
-            pw_ent = pwd.getpwnam(su)
-            os.setegid(pw_ent[3])
-            os.seteuid(pw_ent[2])
+            if su:
+                pw_ent = pwd.getpwnam(su)
+                os.setegid(pw_ent[3])
+                os.seteuid(pw_ent[2])
             child_pid = os.fork()
             if child_pid == 0: function(*args)
         except: