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Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 13:30:02 -0700
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Subject: conf/589: poor sysconfig/rc interaction when starting amd
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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: