[EPEL-devel] Re: Request for daemonize package

[Florian Weimer]

* Gerard Braad:

>  I am using CentOS8 and am using various packages in the EPEL
>  repository. I am interested in seeing 'daemonize' [0] added to EPEL.
>
>  Would it be possible for you to maintain the package in EPEL? If not
>  do you know of a maintainer who could help you with it? While EPEL[1]
>  is more conservative in package maintenance, it does allow for updates
>  to later versions when needed. 
You should use systemd for that.  Setting the umask to 0, like daemonize
does, introduces security vulnerabilities.

Thanks,
Florian