Re^3: Daemon dies instantly

[GrandFather]

As you may gather, I figured that out as I was writing the description.

Good work dd-b++. And that is why we encourage honing the problem description and sample script - most often you'll figure it out for yourself along the way. ;)

[dd-b]

I've had prominent personal experiences with that effect since, oh, around 1971 sometime I think!

What I was hoping to get out of the original post was whether there were known gotchas, easy ways to mess this up and get this symptom. I find it's worth checking, when one can, for this sort of thing.