Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:43:50 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Tom Worster <fsb@thefsb.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: passing options thru '/etc/rc.d/foo start' Message-ID: <4AB1F6C6.3020000@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <C6D6C66B.127F5%fsb@thefsb.org> References: <C6D6C66B.127F5%fsb@thefsb.org>
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Tom Worster wrote:
> On 9/16/09 3:19 PM, "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
> wrote:
>=20
>> Tom Worster wrote:
>>> is there a general shell syntax that can be used to pass arguments to=
a
>>> daemon that you're starting with the /etc/rc.d/foo start command?
>> If you're starting service foo, then you should be able to define comm=
and
>> arguments by setting foo_flags=3D"-a -b -c". This is a convention, an=
d
>> particular
>> services may use several more specific variables to build a command li=
ne
>> or may simply ignore any flags variable completely, so you'll have to =
check
>> each case individually.
>>
>>> for example, how does one start sshd using /etc/rc.d/sshd and pass it=
>>> '-o X11Forwarding=3Dno' without touching a config file?
>> In this case, setting sshd_flags will work as sshd uses the default rc=
>> start function.
>=20
> hi matthew,
>=20
> i tried this and couldn't make it work before i emailed my question. th=
en
> mel answered that the /etc/rc.d/foo scripts ignore environment. and the=
n,
> looking closer at man pages, i got the impression that perhaps only /et=
c/rc
> uses the foo_flags variables when it invokes /etc/rc.d/foo scripts.
Uh, yeah. My tortured mental processes had somehow concluded that /etc/r=
c.conf
*wasn't* a config file and then I pretty much forgot to add 'in /etc/rc.c=
onf'
at the crucial point in what I wrote.
I don't think your request is possible without editing at least one file
under /etc
Cheers,
Matthew
--=20
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. Flat 3
7 Priory Courtyard
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