Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 13:30:02 -0700 From: gjbroom@csr.uvic.ca To: freebsd-bugs Subject: conf/589: poor sysconfig/rc interaction when starting amd Message-ID: <199507042030.NAA04537@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 4 Jul 1995 13:24:44 -0700 <199507042024.NAA01910@kinsella.UVic.CA>
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>Number: 589
>Category: conf
>Synopsis: /etc/rc should eval amd ${amdflags}
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs (FreeBSD bugs mailing list)
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Jul 4 13:30:01 1995
>Originator:
>Organization:
>Release: FreeBSD 2.0-BUILT-19950612 i386
>Environment:
>Description:
When amd is started in /etc/rc, using $amdflags from sysconfig,
it would be really *really* nice if the line read:
echo -n 'amd'; eval amd ${amdflags}
^^^^
This way, you can single-quote amdflags in sysconfig, and use
backquotes to get information from the NIS. If the backquotes
are double-quoted, an NIS lookup occurs before the network is
started. My $amdflags look like:
amdflags='-a /tmp_mnt -l syslog `ypcat -k amd.master`'
so amd works very much like Sun's automount (and I can automatically
generate amd.master on my NIS master).
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Change "amd ${amdflags}" to "eval amd ${amdflags}" in /etc/rc.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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