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From: Tom Worster <fsb@thefsb.org>
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Thread-Topic: passing options thru '/etc/rc.d/foo start'
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Subject: passing options thru '/etc/rc.d/foo start'
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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?

for example, how does one start sshd using /etc/rc.d/sshd and pass it
'-o X11Forwarding=no' without touching a config file?

tom