Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2004-05-11 21:03:13 BST): > The "skeleton" "init.d" file is a great default for starting _one_ > daemon, complete with the "$DAEMON_OPTS" variable. It's not clear, > however, what this newbie package developer should do to start an > arbitrary number of daemons, each with - potentially - different > "$DAEMON_OPTS". > > It's nice to be able to throw "$DAEMON_OPTS" into > "/etc/default/package" and get get a bit more control over the daemon; > but I can't think how to nicely specify an arbitrary number of > "$DAEMON_OPTS" variables in a "/etc/default/package" script fragment. > > I'm still searching for a solution... Input much appreciated!
Take a look at the init script for package cfengine2. It lets you boot up to three daemons and should easily be extensible to putting some daemon options in there too. As a bonus, you can see how I get Debconf to ask the user which daemons should run. -- Andrew Stribblehill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Systems programmer, IT Service, University of Durham, England
