Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:50:41 +0600 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rc.d and environment variables Message-ID: <20101224035041.GF16472@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> In-Reply-To: <20101224042542.3e21a6df.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20101223172752.GA8539@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <20101223201249.ea7648aa.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101223191443.GA24653@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20101224031352.GB16472@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <20101224042542.3e21a6df.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote:
> > Of course I can always write my own script or put something like
> > su -l svn -c 'usr/local/bin/svnserve -d --listen-port=3690 bla bla'
> > into /etc/rc.local, but the question was about the rc.d framework.
>
> Environmental variables cannot be controlled by the rc.d
> framework, as far as I understand. Using login classes to
> define them should be the correct way.
>
> >From "man login.conf":
>
> setenv list A comma-separated list of
> environment variables and
> values to which they are to
> be set.
I thought of that, and in fact I wrote about it in the very first
message:
> > I tried to do this via a login class for the svn user, but it did
> > not work. If I first 'su -l svn' and then start the daemon
> > manually, the environment variable is set all right, but not when
> > it is started from /usr/local/etc/rc.d/svnserve.
>
> What did you enter for the svnserve user in /etc/login.conf,
svn:\
:setenv=KRB5_KTNAME=~/svn.keytab:\
:tc=default:
> and did you make sure there is no override setting in the
> corresponding user's ~/.login.conf?
I am pretty sure because when I login interactively as svn, I see
$ whoami
svn
$ printenv | grep KT
KRB5_KTNAME=/home/svn/svn.keytab
$
But it does not work for the rc.d script.
--
Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru
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