/usr/sbin/auth2db-daemon is in auth2db 0.2.5-2+dfsg-5ubuntu1.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o755.
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| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 | #!/usr/bin/python
import os
import sys
from configobj import ConfigObj
NAME="auth2db"
PIDFILE="/var/run/"+NAME+"/"+NAME+".pid"
default = ConfigObj('/etc/default/auth2db')
def createDaemon():
	'''create auth2db daemon...'''
	
	# create - fork 1
	try:
		if os.fork() > 0: os._exit(0) # exit father...
	except OSError, error:
		print 'fork #1 failed: %d (%s)' % (error.errno, error.strerror)
		os._exit(1)
	# it separates the son from the father
	os.chdir('/')
	os.setsid()
	os.umask(0)
	# create - fork 2
	try:
		pid = os.fork()
		if pid > 0:
                    fd = open(PIDFILE, 'w')
                    fd.write(str(pid))
                    fd.flush()
                    #print 'START auth2db daemon PID %d' % pid
                    os._exit(0)
	except OSError, error:
            print 'fork #2 failed: %d (%s)' % (error.errno, error.strerror)
            os._exit(1)
	daemonAuth2db() # function daemon
	
def daemonAuth2db():
	import time
	from types import IntType
	AlertActivation = default['ACTIVE_ALERTS'].lower()
	try:
		frequency = int(default['FREQUENCY'])
	except ValueError:
		print "The frequency defined on /etc/default/auth2db must be an integer"	
	while True:
            os.system("/usr/sbin/auth2db > /dev/null")
            if AlertActivation == "yes" or AlertActivation == "y":
	    	os.system("/usr/sbin/auth2db-alert > /dev/null")
            if frequency >= 5:
	    	time.sleep(frequency)
	    elif (frequency > 0) and (frequency < 5):
		# Warning message managed on Debian initscript
	    	time.sleep(frequency)
	    else:
	    	print "FATAL ERROR: Frequency MUST be a value higher than 0. NOT STARTING."
		# Full warning info managed on Debian initscript, the above is just a tip :-)
		break
            
	
if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == "start":
        
        existepid = os.path.exists(PIDFILE)
        if existepid == 0:
            createDaemon()
        else:
            print "auth2db is already running..."
            sys.exit() 
    
    elif len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == "stop":
        
        existepid = os.path.exists(PIDFILE)
        if existepid:
            fd = open( PIDFILE )
            file_pid = fd.readline()
            #print 'STOP auth2db daemon PID '+str(file_pid)
            os.system("kill "+file_pid)
            os.system("rm "+PIDFILE)
        else:
            print "auth2db is not running..."
    else:
        print "Usage: auth2db-daemon start|stop"
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