Bug 172281 – net-analyzer/pmacct does not respect interface setting in /etc/pmacct.conf

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Natanael Copa 2007-03-26 09:44:31 UTC]

The /etc/init.d/pmacct will override the interface setting in /etc/pmacct.conf.

I suggest this change:
--- pmacctd.orig        2007-03-26 09:35:57 +0000
+++ pmacctd     2007-03-26 09:36:11 +0000
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
        chekconfig || return 1
        ebegin "Starting pmacctd"
        start-stop-daemon --start --exec /usr/sbin/pmacctd \
-               -- -D -f /etc/pmacctd.conf -i ${INTERFACE} ${OPTS}
+               -- -D -f /etc/pmacctd.conf ${OPTS}
 
        # pmacctd apparently always returns a value > 0 when launched,
        # and start-stop-daemon sees that an error an therfore always

And the remove INTERFACE in /etc/conf.d/pmacct.

Configuration should be done in /etc/pmacct.conf. /etc/conf.d/pmacct is only for those with special needs.

[Comment 1 Cédric Krier 2007-03-28 21:18:24 UTC]

Fix in cvs