Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:35:50 +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: <200909161935.50758.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <C6D68E69.127BA%fsb@thefsb.org> References: <C6D68E69.127BA%fsb@thefsb.org>
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On Wednesday 16 September 2009 18:45:29 Tom Worster wrote:
> 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?
You don't. Defaults are set in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, overridden in
/etc/rc.conf. Unless you add the logic yourself in /etc/rc.conf, the
environment is not looked at.
So this means a one-time edit of /etc/rc.conf:
if test -n "${SSHD_FLAGS}"; then
sshd_flags="${SSHD_FLAGS}"
else
sshd_flags="${sshd_flags}"
fi
Then start with SSHD_FLAGS="-o X11Forwarding=no" /etc/rc.d/sshd start
But this is specific for sshd, as it supports _flags. There's no generic way
to do this.
--
Mel
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