In message <20000424223105.375D5DD3@mabelode.imrryr.org>, "R. C. Dowdeswell" wr
ites:
>The other problem is that it (and all other watchdog schemes based
>on the process running) give a false sense of security, as sometimes
>daemons don't crash, they just stop responding.

A friend of mine was working on a project for a while where all the daemons
were always started in scripts that looped.  There were no logs of any sort
if a daemon crashed.  No one thought this was weird, but they were a little
unsure of how to stop a running daemon.

I am *SO* glad I don't have to work in that part of the world.  :)

-s