id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,resolution,keywords,cc,branch,branch_author,launchpad_bug
5297,twistd pidfile and UID/GID privileges,tomsheffler,,"When twistd starts as root, and is asked to drop privileges to UID/GID, it will manage the pidfile in the following way

- the pidfile will be created as root
- upon exit, the pidfile will be removed by a process with privileges of UID/GID

The current implementation places some unexpected on setting up the pidfile directory: it must be writable by UID/GID or the pidfile is not removed.

This behavior is mysterious and unexpected.  At the least it should be documented.

See here for more details: http://www.tsheffler.com/blog/?p=526",defect,reopened,normal,,core,,twistd pidfile,,,,