undocumented -pidfile allows pid file location yay! :)
Posted: Tuesday 10 November 2015 23:14
Hi, not sure if this is something new to others, but i just found that the domoticz binary/daemon accepts a -pifile parameter to specify the pifile location! 
I think this means i can finally manage domoticz through a proper Debian LSB init script without having to use root....right?
Anyway this speaks for itself i think:
As you can see im running the beta from this morning, let me know if i lived under a rock or (hopefully) i have been clever 
I think this means i can finally manage domoticz through a proper Debian LSB init script without having to use root....right?
Anyway this speaks for itself i think:
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root@serverddlin2:/home/domoticz# strings /home/domoticz/domoticz_beta/domoticz | grep pid
getpid
getppid
pidFilehandle
/var/run/domoticz.pid
-pidfile
getppid@@GLIBC_2.2.5
getpid@@GLIBC_2.2.5
pidFilehandle
root@serverddlin2:/home/domoticz# ls -ld /var/run/domoticz
drwxr-xr-x 2 domoticz domoticz 40 Nov 10 22:32 /var/run/domoticz
root@serverddlin2:/home/domoticz# rm /var/run/domoticz.pid
root@serverddlin2:/home/domoticz# ps aux | grep domo
root 30674 0.0 0.0 12720 2104 pts/0 S+ 22:41 0:00 grep domo
root@serverddlin2:/home/domoticz# su - domoticz -c "/home/domoticz/domoticz_beta/domoticz -www 9090 -log /var/log/domoticz/domoticz.log -pid /var/run/domoticz/domoticz.pid -daemon"
2015-11-10 22:42:22.270 Domoticz V2.3568 (c)2012-2015 GizMoCuz
2015-11-10 22:42:22.271 Build Hash: 2436ee2, Date: 2015-11-10 09:27:15
2015-11-10 22:42:22.271 Startup Path: /home/domoticz/domoticz_beta/
domoticz: Domoticz is starting up....
domoticz: Could not open PID lock file /var/run/domoticz.pid, exiting
root@serverddlin2:/home/domoticz# su - domoticz -c "/home/domoticz/domoticz_beta/domoticz -www 9090 -log /var/log/domoticz/domoticz.log -pidfile /var/run/domoticz/domoticz.pid -daemon"
2015-11-10 22:42:34.577 Domoticz V2.3568 (c)2012-2015 GizMoCuz
2015-11-10 22:42:34.577 Build Hash: 2436ee2, Date: 2015-11-10 09:27:15
2015-11-10 22:42:34.577 Startup Path: /home/domoticz/domoticz_beta/
domoticz: Domoticz is starting up....
root@serverddlin2:/home/domoticz# cat /var/run/domoticz/domoticz.pid
30717
root@serverddlin2:/home/domoticz# ps aux | grep domoticz
domoticz 30717 0.4 0.1 771112 12436 ? Ssl 22:42 0:00 /home/domoticz/domoticz_beta/domoticz -www 9090 -log /var/log/domoticz/domoticz.log -pidfile /var/run/domoticz/domoticz.pid -daemon
root 31008 0.0 0.0 12720 2280 pts/0 S+ 22:42 0:00 grep domoticz
root@serverddlin2:/home/domoticz# /home/domoticz/domoticz_beta/domoticz --help
2015-11-10 22:44:35.709 Domoticz V2.3568 (c)2012-2015 GizMoCuz
2015-11-10 22:44:35.709 Build Hash: 2436ee2, Date: 2015-11-10 09:27:15
2015-11-10 22:44:35.709 Startup Path: /home/domoticz/domoticz_beta/
2015-11-10 22:44:35.709 Usage: Domoticz -www port -verbose x
-www port (for example -www 8080)
-wwwbind address (for example -wwwbind 0.0.0.0 or -wwwbind 192.168.0.20)
-sslwww port (for example -sslwww 443)
-sslcert file_path (for example /opt/domoticz/server_cert.pem)
-sslpass passphrase for private key in certificate
-wwwroot file_path (for example /opt/domoticz/www)
-dbase file_path (for example /opt/domoticz/domoticz.db)
-userdata file_path (for example /opt/domoticz)
-verbose x (where x=0 is none, x=1 is debug)
-startupdelay seconds (default=0)
-nowwwpwd (in case you forgot the web server username/password)
-nocache (do not return appcache, use only when developing the web pages)
-log file_path (for example /var/log/domoticz.log)
-loglevel (0=All, 1=Status+Error, 2=Error)
-notimestamps (do not prepend timestamps to logs; useful with syslog, etc.)
-daemon (run as background daemon)
-syslog (use syslog as log output)