Re: dhcpd pid file

[Henning Brauer <lists-openbsd_(_at_)_bsws_(_dot_)_de>]

* Matthew S Elmore <openbsd_(_at_)_mattelmore_(_dot_)_com> [2006-01-27 20:55]:
> Though I have been successfully running dhcpd myself for a few years 
> now, it has come to my attention when writing some scripts to help 
> maintain systems that there is no /var/run/dhcpd.pid file.

> Is this by design?

yes. pid files are useless.

> I understand many are not fans of having lots of pid files laying around 
> their box. What then is the recommended way of killing and restarting 
> the daemon?

pkill(1)

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