i'm tracing the execution of rpcbind on my f12 system, and in the common code, i read:
prog="rpcbind" [ -f /etc/sysconfig/$prog ] && . /etc/sysconfig/$prog
while in the start() function, there is:
daemon $prog $RPCBIND_ARGS $1
i'm curious about this since:
1) there's no apparent documentation for setting/using $RPCBIND_ARGS
2) there's no /etc/sysconfig/rpcbind file for initial config
3) there's no mention of RPCBIND_ARGS in the rpcbind man page
admittedly, that doesn't make any of this *wrong*, it just seems that $RPCBIND_ARGS is kind of hanging out there, without anyone making an effort to explain what might be done with it or why it would be useful. thoughts?
rday --
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On 02Jan2010 14:47, Robert P. J. Day rpjday@crashcourse.ca wrote: | i'm tracing the execution of rpcbind on my f12 system, and in the | common code, i read: | | prog="rpcbind" | [ -f /etc/sysconfig/$prog ] && . /etc/sysconfig/$prog | | while in the start() function, there is: | | daemon $prog $RPCBIND_ARGS $1 | | i'm curious about this since: | | 1) there's no apparent documentation for setting/using $RPCBIND_ARGS
"man rpcbind" describes a heap of options. Clearly you can put any of them into RPCBIND_ARGS.
| 2) there's no /etc/sysconfig/rpcbind file for initial config
A pity. There really ought to be a stub file with an empty RPCBIND_ARGS="" assignment. And a comment.
| 3) there's no mention of RPCBIND_ARGS in the rpcbind man page
Of course not. It's an artifact of the f12 startup scripts, not the rpcbind daemon itself.
| admittedly, that doesn't make any of this *wrong*, it just seems | that $RPCBIND_ARGS is kind of hanging out there, without anyone making | an effort to explain what might be done with it or why it would be | useful. thoughts?
Like all the /etc/sysconfig files, you can put something like:
RPCBIND_ARGS="-h some.local.lan.address"
or the like to start rpcbind with particular arguments.
Cheers,
On Sun, 3 Jan 2010, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 02Jan2010 14:47, Robert P. J. Day rpjday@crashcourse.ca wrote: | i'm tracing the execution of rpcbind on my f12 system, and in the | common code, i read: | | prog="rpcbind" | [ -f /etc/sysconfig/$prog ] && . /etc/sysconfig/$prog | | while in the start() function, there is: | | daemon $prog $RPCBIND_ARGS $1 | | i'm curious about this since: | | 1) there's no apparent documentation for setting/using $RPCBIND_ARGS
"man rpcbind" describes a heap of options. Clearly you can put any of them into RPCBIND_ARGS.
| 2) there's no /etc/sysconfig/rpcbind file for initial config
A pity. There really ought to be a stub file with an empty RPCBIND_ARGS="" assignment. And a comment.
| 3) there's no mention of RPCBIND_ARGS in the rpcbind man page
Of course not. It's an artifact of the f12 startup scripts, not the rpcbind daemon itself.
| admittedly, that doesn't make any of this *wrong*, it just seems | that $RPCBIND_ARGS is kind of hanging out there, without anyone making | an effort to explain what might be done with it or why it would be | useful. thoughts?
Like all the /etc/sysconfig files, you can put something like:
RPCBIND_ARGS="-h some.local.lan.address"
or the like to start rpcbind with particular arguments.
i'm not suggesting there's anything *wrong* with the current situation, just that since /etc/init.d/rpcbind explicitly refers to RPCBIND_ARGS, it would have been handy to have mentioned it somewhere so users might be able to take advantage of it.
personally, i like your suggestion 2) above -- have a no-op /etc/sysconfig/rpcbind file with at least a few comments and sample variable settings.
rday --
======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry.
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