[Planetlab-users] changes to rc.vinit

[Bowman, Mic]

Was this change in the rc.vinit posted anywhere prior to the change? I
didn't see anything on it; the change itself is easy to work around, but
took some time to figure out.

--Mic
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Muir [mailto:smuir at CS.Princeton.EDU] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:23 PM
> To: Bowman, Mic
> Cc: users at planet-lab.org
> Subject: Re: [Planetlab-users] changes to rc.vinit
> 
> the reason for this change is that rc.vinit is no longer 
> generated by Node Manager but is pulled from PLC.  slices.xml 
> now specifies which init script each slice uses, although 
> there's currently no way to change the value or define new 
> scripts.  it's the first step towards supporting 
> user-specified init scripts.  given that rc.vinit will be 
> entirely user-specified i don't want to have Node Manager 
> generate scripts such as /etc/ssh/fetch_keys.  if you think 
> such a script should be present in every vserver then we 
> could add it as an RPM to the base vserver image.
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Bowman, Mic wrote:
> 
> > Just curious as to the reason for the change to 
> /etc/rc.vinit in the 
> > new vserver images. In the old image, rc.vinit called a separate 
> > "fetch-keys" script from /etc/ssh. All that code is now 
> inlined in the 
> > /etc/rc.vinit in the new vserver images. Its a small pain 
> to support 
> > both forms of the rc.vinit (heterogeneity lives!), but the change 
> > seems rather gratuitous (given that the functionality appears to be 
> > almost identical). What's the purpose? Do I still need this code?
> >
> > --Mic
> >
> >
> >
> 
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