запускать и останавливать программы системных демонов  (start and stop system daemon programs)
  
Описание (Description)
start-stop-daemon is used to control the creation and termination
       of system-level processes.  Using one of the matching options,
       start-stop-daemon can be configured to find existing instances of
       a running process.
       Note: unless --pid or --pidfile are specified, start-stop-daemon
       behaves similar to killall(1).  start-stop-daemon will scan the
       process table looking for any processes which match the process
       name, parent pid, uid, and/or gid (if specified). Any matching
       process will prevent --start from starting the daemon. All
       matching processes will be sent the TERM signal (or the one
       specified via --signal or --retry) if --stop is specified. For
       daemons which have long-lived children which need to live through
       a --stop, you must specify a pidfile.