[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#611668: snmpd init script does not use pidfiles

[Jean-Philippe Menil]

Package: snmpd
Version: 5.4.3~dfsg-2

The init script calls start-stop-daemon to start and stop the daemons 
without using pidfiles.  This means that on systems with multiple daemon 
instances (for example, where a user has made their own secondary init 
script, see: , or where the user is running snmpd within linux container 
guests), the stop call will kill all instances instead of just one.

PID files should always be used in init scripts where daemon support is
available.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start the daemon: /etc/init.d/snmpd start
2. Start another copy of the daemon with another configuration file, or 
in a linux container
3. Stop the daemon: /etc/init.d/snmpd stop

Actual Results:
All daemons die, or wrong daemon dies.

Expected Results:
Only correct deamon dies.

Regards.
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