rc.d and environment variables

[Da Rock]

On 12/24/10 18:03, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> Da Rock wrote:
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> [dd]
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>> Doesn't the rc.d script run as root initially and then a method (default
>> flags, etc) is used to change the owner to a nobody (restricted
>> privilege user)? Just my 2c, but please correct me if I'm wrong.
>>      
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> That is probably correct, rc.subr does "su -m $user", but the login
> class is not applied there, nor is the users's shell called.
>
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Exactly. Which means that you'd have to adapt root's env because root's 
shell would be called(?).

PITA, but as an alternative couldn't all the keytabs be stored in the 
same _secure_ location? Then a global env could be used.