Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:14:29 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Tom Worster <fsb@thefsb.org> Subject: Re: passing options thru '/etc/rc.d/foo start' Message-ID: <200909171914.29389.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <C6D6B22B.127DE%fsb@thefsb.org> References: <C6D6B22B.127DE%fsb@thefsb.org>
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On Wednesday 16 September 2009 21:18:03 Tom Worster wrote: > On 9/16/09 2:37 PM, "Mel Flynn" > > <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: > > On Wednesday 16 September 2009 20:21:40 Chris Cowart wrote: > >> Tom Worster wrote: > >>> thanks, Mel, that's good to know. > >>> > >>> i think your suggestion of modifying rc.conf will turn out to be a tidy > >>> solution for me. > >> > >> You could also just put: > >> > >> sshd_flags="-o X11Forwarding=no" > >> > >> into your /etc/rc.conf file. > > > > What he wants is passing arguments without touching config files, which I > > find myself needing sometimes as well, on machines where static > > partitions are mounted read-only + kern.secure_level. > > that's right. > > when i read in 11.7 of the handbook: "Since the rc.d system is primarily > intended to start/stop services at system startup/shutdown time, ..." i > thought: maybe i'm making things hard by trying to use rc.d scripts when i > could just execute the daemon's binary. One downside I forgot to mention: You do open yourself up now to SSHD_FLAGS="-o AllowRoot=yes", so you may need to complicate the logic a bit more, by sanitizing SSHD_FLAGS. -- Mel
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