1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/daemon.rb b/lib/puppet/daemon.rb
index b160d3eed..76b6cc829 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/daemon.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/daemon.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ require 'puppet'
 module Puppet
     module Daemon
         def daemonize
+            unless Puppet[:logdest] == :file
+                Puppet.err "You must reset log destination before daemonizing"
+            end
             if pid = fork()
                 Process.detach(pid)
                 exit(0)
@@ -16,11 +19,31 @@ module Puppet
                 $stdin.reopen "/dev/null"
                 $stdout.reopen "/dev/null", "a"
                 $stderr.reopen $stdin
+                Log.reopen
             rescue => detail
+                File.open("/tmp/daemonout", "w") { |f|
+                    f.puts "Could not start %s: %s" % [$0, detail]
+                }
                 Puppet.err "Could not start %s: %s" % [$0, detail]
                 exit(12)
             end
         end
+
+        def httplog
+            args = []
+            # yuck; separate http logs
+            if self.is_a?(Puppet::Server)
+                args << Puppet[:masterhttplog]
+            else
+                args << Puppet[:httplog]
+            end
+            if Puppet[:debug]
+                args << WEBrick::Log::DEBUG
+            end
+            log = WEBrick::Log.new(*args)
+
+            return log
+        end
     end
 end