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Date:      Mon, 3 Apr 2006 16:43:32 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
Cc:        freebsd-rc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: syslogd script bug?: syslogd_program= not honored
Message-ID:  <20060403234332.GB6719@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20060403185744.61697002.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
References:  <20060403185744.61697002.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>

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On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 06:57:44PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote:
>=20
> It doesn't seem as if syslogd_program (in rc.conf) is honored.
>=20
> To reproduce, install syslog-ng, then set the following in /etc/rc.conf:
> syslogd_enable=3D"YES"
> syslogd_program=3D"/usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng"
>=20
> This does not result in syslog-ng starting - in fact, it seems as if
> the FreeBSD syslogd is still started.
>=20
> In my (unexpert) opinion, the problem is that /etc/rc.d/syslogd contains
> the line:
> command=3D"/usr/sbin/${name}"
> which seems atypical compared to other rc.d scripts.
>=20
> I'm not sure if the rc.d/syslogd script can reliably start other syslog-
> ish programs.  The syslogd_precmd() makes me wonder if this script would
> be problematic starting anything but FreeBSD's syslogd.
>=20
> There's definately an issue, since syslogd_program doesn't work as
> advertised.  My question is whether it's a documentation issue (the
> references to syslogd_program should be removed) or a bug in the
> rc.d script.

It's a bug in the script. flz has patches that correct it by causing
${name}_program to unconditionally override command if both are set
which fixes it in the infrastructure (along with other things).  Here's
the latest:

http://people.freebsd.org/~flz/local/rc.d-merge-sshd.diff

-- Brooks

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