Package: gw6c Version: 6.0.1dfsg.1-8 Severity: important (some might say this bug deserves critical given the impact it can have on the boot process)
Someone filed a bug (554911) complaining about unacceptable interaction from gw6c during init script run. In response to this bug a test was added to the init script to stop the script attempting to start the server if there is no key for it. Unfortunately the name gw6c uses in the keys file is not the name specified in the configuration file but instead appears to be some name reported by the server* This causes two problems. 1: I can't use the init script at all unless I manually add a dummy entry to the keys file for the servername specified in the config file. 2: Once I have done the above if I hit a round robin server I haven't hit before or a server changes the name it reports the gw6c init script will hang at a prompt. This could potentially leave a machine inaccessible until someone can get physical access to sort it out. Given the way gw6c handles this config file I don't think a simple hack can possiblly solve the problem. Instead IMO what is needed is to add a command line option to gw6c which makes it run in a non-interactive manner then use that option in the init script. It would also be nice (though not essential) if on such a failure the script could provide the admin with details on what to do about it. * I have authenticated.freenet6.com in my config file but the entries created by gw6c in gw6ckeys.pub are for amsterdam.freenet6.net and montreal.freenet6.net -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages gw6c depends on: ii iproute 20091226-1 networking and traffic control too ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.4.2-8 GCC support library ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8k-7 SSL shared libraries ii libstdc++6 4.4.2-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii net-tools 1.60-23 The NET-3 networking toolkit Versions of packages gw6c recommends: ii radvd 1:1.3-1.1 Router Advertisement Daemon gw6c suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
