I've wondered about the usefulness of something like 'rcctl edit bgpd'and a
bgpd_conf=/etc/bgpd.conf in rc.conf.

Together with a 'rcctl clone' creating rc.d/bgpd symlink and rc.conf.local
flags.

Might make it easier running multiple of the same daemons?

Add more cool stuff later like 'rcctl edit bgpd commit' and 'rcctl edit
bgpd confirm'.

Just wondering out loud now :)

Regards,
Frans

Op woensdag 28 februari 2018 heeft Theo de Raadt <dera...@openbsd.org> het
volgende geschreven:
> Yeah.
>
> And I suppose we also need seperate programs for all the other files
> in /etc?
>
> Such as visysctl.conf, vivm.conf, vigroup, vishells, virc.conf.local,
> visshd, vissh, etc
>
> After all, someone could create unsafe configurations, and lots of
handholding
> is needed everywhere, yes?
>
> I'm sorry, but I disagree.  The tooling already exists to let you do
> this carefully.  It is up to people to use their brains. And your
> script doesn't have any locking, so it is still error prone.
>
> I really don't see the point of these wrappers.
>
>>The following is a shell script to safely edit /etc/doas.conf so that you
avoid locking yourself out with a bad config. I managed to do this myself,
so thought it might be useful to a wider audience.
>>
>>It is inspired by the 'visudo' tool: it copies doas.conf to a temporary
directory then opens it in vi. When you exit vi it checks the format of the
config file, and if it passes then it will overwrite the original one then
delete the copy. If it fails a warning is shown, and the file is re-opened
for editing.
>>
>>It will not create /etc/doas.conf if it does not already exist (I could
add a separate warning for this if needed).
>>
>>diff -u /dev/null usr.bin/doas/vidoas
>>--- /dev/null2018-02-22 08:14:04.607259461 +0000
>>+++ usr.bin/doas/vidoas2018-02-28 15:50:35.358895700 +0000
>>@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
>>+#!/bin/sh
>>+
>>+# $OpenBSD$
>>+#
>>+# Copyright (c) 2018 Anthony Perkins <anth...@acperkins.com>
>>+#
>>+# Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
>>+# purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
>>+# copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
>>+#
>>+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL
WARRANTIES
>>+# WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
>>+# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
>>+# ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
>>+# WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
>>+# ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
>>+# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
>>+
>>+doasconf=/etc/doas.conf
>>+tempfile=$(mktemp -t doas.XXXXXXXX || exit 1)
>>+if [ -w $doasconf ]; then
>>+cp $doasconf $tempfile
>>+vi $tempfile
>>+while ! doas -C $tempfile; do
>>+echo "Press Enter to retry, Ctrl-C to abort."
>>+read
>>+vi $tempfile
>>+done
>>+if doas -C $tempfile; then
>>+cp -f $tempfile $doasconf
>>+rm -f $tempfile
>>+fi
>>+else
>>+echo "$doasconf is not writable by this user."
>>+exit 1
>>+fi
>>diff -u /dev/null usr.bin/doas/vidoas.1
>>--- /dev/null2018-02-22 08:14:04.607259461 +0000
>>+++ usr.bin/doas/vidoas.12018-02-28 15:31:20.825930370 +0000
>>@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
>>+.\" $OpenBSD$
>>+.\"
>>+.\"Copyright (c) 2018 Anthony Perkins <anth...@acperkins.com>
>>+.\"
>>+.\"Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
>>+.\"purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
>>+.\"copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
>>+.\"
>>+.\"THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL
WARRANTIES
>>+.\"WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
>>+.\"MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE
FOR
>>+.\"ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
>>+.\"WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
>>+.\"ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
OF
>>+.\"OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
>>+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 28 2018 $
>>+.Dt VIDOAS 1
>>+.Os
>>+.Sh NAME
>>+.Nm vidoas
>>+.Nd safely edit the doas config file
>>+.Sh SYNOPSIS
>>+.Nm vidoas
>>+.Sh DESCRIPTION
>>+The
>>+.Nm
>>+utility edits a copy of
>>+.Pa /etc/doas.conf .
>>+If the copy is valid the original file will be replaced.
>>+.Pp
>>+This helps to prevent you from accidentally
>>+locking yourself out from
>>+.Xr doas 1
>>+with a typo.
>>+It is inspired by the
>>+.Xr visudo 1
>>+utility.
>>+.Pp
>>+This utility takes no arguments.
>>+.Sh SEE ALSO
>>+.Xr doas 1 ,
>>+.Xr doas.conf 5
>>+.Sh AUTHORS
>>+.An Anthony Perkins <anth...@acperkins.com>
>>
>>This is only my second ever submission, so I would appreciate any
guidance. I've also not yet edited the Makefile to include this in the
build.
>>
>>All the best,
>>
>>Anthony
>>
>>--
>>Anthony Perkins
>>Email: anth...@acperkins.com<mailto:anth...@acperkins.com>
>>OpenPGP: https://acperkins.com/openpgp
>>
>>
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