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| -rw-r--r-- | plugins/mod_posix.lua | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/mod_posix.lua b/plugins/mod_posix.lua index ab3a8a26..55d52ccd 100644 --- a/plugins/mod_posix.lua +++ b/plugins/mod_posix.lua @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ end local logger_set = require "util.logger".setwriter; local lfs = require "lfs"; +local stat = lfs.attributes; local prosody = _G.prosody; @@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ local function write_pidfile() end pidfile = module:get_option("pidfile"); if pidfile then - pidfile_handle, err = io.open(pidfile, "a+"); + local mode = stat(pidfile) and "r+" or "w+"; + pidfile_handle, err = io.open(pidfile, mode); if not pidfile_handle then module:log("error", "Couldn't write pidfile at %s; %s", pidfile, err); prosody.shutdown("Couldn't write pidfile"); |