1 files changed, 21 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
index 16df67b3e..750167349 100644
--- a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
+++ b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 /*
 This is how it is supposed to work:
 
-start-stop-daemon [OPTIONS] [--start|--stop] [[--] ARGS...]
+start-stop-daemon [OPTIONS] [--start|--stop] [[--] ARGS]
 
 One (only) of these must be given:
         -S,--start              Start
@@ -58,13 +58,14 @@ Options which are valid for --start only:
                                 priority can be optionally specified by appending a :
                                 followed by the value. The default priority is 0. The
                                 currently supported policy values are other, fifo and rr.
-        -r,--chroot root        Change directory and chroot to root before starting the
+        -r,--chroot DIR         Change directory and chroot to DIR before starting the
                                 process. Please note that the pidfile is also written after
                                 the chroot.
-        -d,--chdir path         Change directory to path before starting the process. This is
-                                done after the chroot if the -r|--chroot option is set. When
-                                not specified, start-stop-daemon will change directory to the
+        -d,--chdir DIR          Change directory to DIR before starting the process. This is
+                                done after the chroot if the -r|--chroot option is set.
+                                When not specified, start-stop-daemon will change directory to the
                                 root directory before starting the process.
+                                ^^^^ Seems to be false, no default "/" chdir is done.
 
 Options which are valid for --stop only:
         -s,--signal SIG         Signal to send (default:TERM)
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ Misc options:
 //kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_START_STOP_DAEMON) += start_stop_daemon.o
 
 //usage:#define start_stop_daemon_trivial_usage
-//usage:       "-S|-K [OPTIONS] [-- ARGS...]"
+//usage:       "-S|-K [OPTIONS] [-- ARGS]"
 //usage:#define start_stop_daemon_full_usage "\n\n"
 //usage:       "Search for matching processes, and then\n"
 //usage:       "-S: start a process unless a matching process is found\n"
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ Misc options:
 //usage:     "\n        -N N            Change nice level"
 //usage:        )
 //usage:     "\n        -c USER[:[GRP]] Change user/group"
+//usage:     "\n        -d DIR          Change to DIR"
 //usage:     "\n        -m              Write PID to pidfile specified by -p"
 //usage:     "\n-K only:"
 //usage:     "\n        -s SIG          Signal to send"
@@ -160,11 +162,12 @@ enum {
         OPT_s          = (1 <<  8), // -s
         OPT_u          = (1 <<  9), // -u
         OPT_c          = (1 << 10), // -c
-        OPT_x          = (1 << 11), // -x
-        OPT_p          = (1 << 12), // -p
-        OPT_OKNODO     = (1 << 13) * ENABLE_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY, // -o
-        OPT_VERBOSE    = (1 << 14) * ENABLE_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY, // -v
-        OPT_NICELEVEL  = (1 << 15) * ENABLE_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY, // -N
+        OPT_d          = (1 << 11), // -d
+        OPT_x          = (1 << 12), // -x
+        OPT_p          = (1 << 13), // -p
+        OPT_OKNODO     = (1 << 14) * ENABLE_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY, // -o
+        OPT_VERBOSE    = (1 << 15) * ENABLE_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY, // -v
+        OPT_NICELEVEL  = (1 << 16) * ENABLE_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY, // -N
 };
 #define QUIET (option_mask32 & OPT_QUIET)
 #define TEST  (option_mask32 & OPT_TEST)
@@ -413,6 +416,7 @@ static const char start_stop_daemon_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
         "signal\0"       Required_argument "s"
         "user\0"         Required_argument "u"
         "chuid\0"        Required_argument "c"
+        "chdir\0"        Required_argument "d"
         "exec\0"         Required_argument "x"
         "pidfile\0"      Required_argument "p"
 # if ENABLE_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY
@@ -433,6 +437,7 @@ int start_stop_daemon_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         char *signame;
         char *startas = NULL;
         char *chuid;
+        char *chdir;
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY
 //      char *retry_arg = NULL;
 //      int retries = -1;
@@ -442,7 +447,7 @@ int start_stop_daemon_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         INIT_G();
 
         opt = GETOPT32(argv, "^"
-                "KSbqtma:n:s:u:c:x:p:"
+                "KSbqtma:n:s:u:c:d:x:p:"
                 IF_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY("ovN:R:")
                         "\0"
                         "K:S:K--S:S--K"
@@ -458,7 +463,7 @@ int start_stop_daemon_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         IF_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY(":q-v") /* -q turns off -v */
                         ,
                 LONGOPTS
-                &startas, &cmdname, &signame, &userspec, &chuid, &execname, &pidfile
+                &startas, &cmdname, &signame, &userspec, &chuid, &chdir, &execname, &pidfile
                 IF_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY(,&opt_N)
                 /* We accept and ignore -R <param> / --retry <param> */
                 IF_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY(,NULL)
@@ -586,6 +591,9 @@ int start_stop_daemon_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         setgroups(1, &ugid.gid);
                 }
         }
+        if (opt & OPT_d) {
+                xchdir(chdir);
+        }
         /* Try:
          * strace -oLOG start-stop-daemon -S -x /bin/usleep -a qwerty 500000
          * should exec "/bin/usleep", but argv[0] should be "qwerty":