When trying to start /etc/init.d/saslauthd, it always complains about an invalid option ("-H"), even if the corresponding variable ($SASL_RIMAP_HOSTNAME in /etc/conf.d/saslauthd) is unset. The problem, however lies in the small "variable collection" script at the end of /etc/conf.d/saslauthd): The tests in /etc/conf.d/saslauthd (line 1{4,6,8}) whether the variables are not null always return "true" due to missing quoting marks (${VAR} instead of "${VAR}"). Thus, /etc/init.d/saslauthd complains when any of the three variables is undefined. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.14 2. Comment out the second and the third variable in /etc/conf.d/saslauthd 3. Try to run /etc/init.d/saslauthd Actual Results: /etc/init.d/saslauthd complains and displays the help message. Expected Results: /etc/init.d/saslauthd should start silently. [ ~ ] host # emerge --info Portage 2.0.50-r7 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.5-hardened-r3) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.5-hardened-r3 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.15 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="acl acpi apache2 apm berkdb caps crypt imap ldap maildir mmx mpi ncurses nls pam readline sse ssl tcpd x86 xml2 zlib"
Created attachment 32798 [details, diff] Fix for the stated bug
[root@zataz conf.d]$cat attachment.cgi\?id\=32798 | patch -p1 missing header for unified diff at line 3 of patch can't find file to patch at input line 3 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |--- saslauthd.conf.orig 2004-03-04 19:39:04.000000000 +0100 |+++ saslauthd.conf.patched 2004-06-06 22:27:21.975151315 +0200 -------------------------- File to patch: saslauthd patching file saslauthd [root@zataz conf.d]$vi saslauthd [root@zataz conf.d]$rm attachment.cgi\?id\=32798 [root@zataz conf.d]$/etc/init.d/saslauthd start * WARNING: "saslauthd" has already been started. [root@zataz conf.d]$/etc/init.d/saslauthd zap * Manually resetting saslauthd to stopped state. [root@zataz conf.d]$/etc/init.d/saslauthd start * Starting saslauthd... /usr/sbin/saslauthd: invalid option -- T usage: saslauthd [options] option information: -a <authmech> Selects the authentication mechanism to use. -c Enable credential caching. -d Debugging (don't detach from tty, implies -V) -O <option> Optional argument to pass to the authentication mechanism. -l Disable accept() locking. Increases performance, but may not be compatible with some operating systems. -m <path> Alternate path for the saslauthd working directory, must be absolute. -n <procs> Number of worker processes to create. -s <kilobytes> Size of the credential cache (in kilobytes) -t <seconds> Timeout for items in the credential cache (in seconds) -v Display version information and available mechs -V Enable verbose logging authentication mechanisms and exit. -h Dispaly this message. saslauthd 2.1.14 authentication mechanisms: getpwent pam rimap shadow [ ok ] [root@zataz conf.d] And yet the -T option ....
I believe this is not applicable to the latest stable version in portage. Closing.
