diff --git a/runcheckdir b/runcheckdir
line changes: +52/-2
index 535fa68..15d7762
--- a/runcheckdir
+++ b/runcheckdir

@@ -1,7 +1,23 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Cwd qw/abs_path/;
+use POSIX qw/setsid setuid setgid/;
 use strict;
 
-my $dir = shift;
+my ($nodaemon, $verbose, $pidfile, $logfile, $user, $group, $uid, $gid);
+$pidfile = '/var/run/runcheckdir.pid';
+$logfile = '/var/log/runcheckdir.log';
+
+GetOptions(
+	"nodaemon" => \$nodaemon,
+	"verbose"  => \$verbose,
+	"pidfile=s"  => \$pidfile,
+	"logfile=s"  => \$logfile,
+	"user=s"  => \$user,
+	"group=s"  => \$group,
+);
+
+my $dir = abs_path(shift);
 unless ($dir) {
 	print "No directory specified\n";
 	exit 1;

@@ -11,6 +27,40 @@ unless (-d $dir) {
 	exit 1;
 }
 
+$uid = (getpwnam($user))[2] if $user;
+$gid = (getpwnam($group))[3] if $group;
+
+sub daemonize {
+	if (fork()) {
+		exit 0;
+	}
+	setsid();
+
+	umask 027;
+	if (open STDOUT, ">>$logfile") {
+		open STDERR, ">>$logfile";
+		chown $uid, $gid, $logfile;
+	} else {
+		print "WARNING: Could not open logfile. You will get NO error output.\n";
+		open STDOUT, ">/dev/null";
+		open STDERR, ">/dev/null";
+	}
+	open STDIN, "/dev/null";
+
+	open PID, ">$pidfile" or warn "Could not write PID file\n";
+	print PID "$$\n";
+	close PID;
+	chown $uid, $gid, $pidfile;
+
+	chdir '/';
+	print "Daemon started at ",scalar gmtime(),"\n";
+}
+
+daemonize unless $nodaemon;
+
+setuid($uid) if $uid;
+setgid($uid) if $gid;
+
 $|++;
 
 while (1) {

@@ -22,7 +72,7 @@ while (1) {
 			next;
 		}
 		print "Running check $dir/$d: ";
-		system("runcheckdir $dir/$d");
+		system("runcheck $dir/$d");
 		my $exitstatus = $? >> 8;
 		if ($exitstatus) {
 			print "FAILURE\n";