Bugzilla Bug 19988

The current  dante startup script provides incorrect details when no
configuriation file is 
created. (see a. below) 

Currently the startup script places the "sockd" server into background
immediately. 
Any errors in the configuration file are silently ignored in the startup
process. (see b 
below) 

The sockd server currenly employs TCP keep-alive messages to maintain server 
contectivity. I suggest this is a bit unnecessary and it creates problems with 
dial-on-demand connections that should timeout. 


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
a) 
1. rc-update add dante-sockd default 
2. restart without a /etc/socks/sockd.conf 
b) 
1. add some gibberish in the /etc/socks/sockd.conf file 
2. /etc/init.d/dante-sockd restart 
Actual Results:  
a) the correct directory of the documentation should be specified. "info sockd"
is not 
suggested to correctly make a configuration file. 
b) Errors are ignored and to all appearances "dante" was started correctly. 

Expected Results:  
a) better info is provided on generated on how to set up configuration files. 
b) The sockd displays that it has an error in its configuration file.

Created an attachment (id=11166) [edit]
new startup script - files/dante-sockd-init

For Changelog

  26 Apr 2003; Daniel Black <dragonheart@tpg.com.au> files/dante-sockd-init :
  Corrected startup script to improve information given upon error conditions.
  Socket TCP keep alive disabled by default now.

I just spent some time pulling my hair out as to why dante-sockd wouldn't start
properly on bootup, but it worked fine when I manually started it.

This init.d script by Daniel actually shows me the error message that is
causing my problem!  Please consider merging it (it's been 7 months since it
was entered here).  Thanks.

Ben Lutgens <lamer@gentoo.org> no longer a dev.

For the ebuild, >=sys-apps/sed-4 is only a compile time dependacy

Created an attachment (id=22427) [edit]
dante-sockd-init.diff

agriffis modifed the dante ebuild on Dec 8 - 2003 is he interested?

commited to CVS by myself now.