On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:25:52 +0200
Harald Dunkel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I have to keep the flags of dnsmasq and openvpn in sync on 
> several hosts, even though some hosts are just a hot standby, 
> not running the service per default.
> 
> Problem: The "flags" in rcctl is overloaded (probably for 
> historical reasons): If flags is set to "NO", then the service 
> is not run. 
> 
> Would it be possible to put this "NO" somewhere else to avoid 
> a conflict?
> 

I understand that this is how it always worked in openBSD and 
that changes might introduce unexpected side effects.

Do you think the request to distinguish between the "usual" command
line flags and the information whether a service should be started
at boot time is unreasonable?


Regards
Harri

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