From a5a75de615b8e131c4be7f3f12c2b293fa997ae3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Palfrader Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 01:07:05 +0000 Subject: Have Echolot disabled by default in /etc/default/echolot. Add some more comments to README.Debian. Also process pending commands upon pingd startup. --- debian/README.Debian | 24 ++++++++++++------------ debian/changelog | 5 ++++- debian/echolot.default | 12 ++++++++++++ debian/echolot.dirs | 1 + debian/echolot.init | 24 ++++++++++++++++-------- debian/rules | 1 + 6 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) create mode 100644 debian/echolot.default (limited to 'debian') diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian index dc7189d..cfd25dd 100644 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -2,21 +2,21 @@ Echolot for Debian ------------------ Make sure mail to the Echolot pinger reaches /var/mail/echolot (or configure -echolot to read it from any other location). - - -Make sure your MTA supports user defined mailboxes. so that -my_localpart+anything@my_domain also reaches Echolot. - ^^^^^^^^^ -If you use another character instead of + to indicate a user defined -extension set recipient_delimiter accordingly in echolot.conf. - -postfix: add »recipient_delimiter = +« to main.cf. - +echolot to read it from any other location). Please really check that mail to +the configured domain works. Any bounces will annoy dozends of remailer +operators. To send commands to pingd it's best to use the /etc/init.d/echolot script. It takes care that pingd is only called as the correct user. See pingd(1) for a list of commands and their description. +If you run this pinger please consider publishing the results so that other +people benefit from it. Announcing the URL to the remailer operators' list +, the alt.privacy.anon-server Usenet newsgroup +and sending a mail to pingers@palfrader.org would be apprechiated. + +Since many users installed Echolot without considering its implications the +default setup is now to no longer start the pingd in the default installation. +To actually enable it please modify /etc/default/echolot. - -- Peter Palfrader , Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:21:18 +0200 + -- Peter Palfrader , Tue, 12 Nov 2002 02:02:25 +0100 diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index fad961d..4ccc665 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ echolot (2.0.5-2) unstable; urgency=low * Add sendpings command to init script. + * Have Echolot disabled by default in /etc/default/echolot. + * Add some more comments to README.Debian. + * Also process pending commands upon pingd startup. - -- Peter Palfrader Mon, 11 Nov 2002 03:23:21 +0100 + -- Peter Palfrader Tue, 12 Nov 2002 02:06:17 +0100 echolot (2.0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low diff --git a/debian/echolot.default b/debian/echolot.default new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c0c1bc4 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/echolot.default @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# Defaults for echolot initscript +# sourced by /etc/init.d/echolot +# installed at /etc/default/echolot + +# +# This is a POSIX shell fragment +# + +VERBOSE=0 + +# Only enable this after you've read /usr/share/doc/echolot/README.Debian +RUN_ECHOLOT=0 diff --git a/debian/echolot.dirs b/debian/echolot.dirs index 5bfa096..05c67a0 100644 --- a/debian/echolot.dirs +++ b/debian/echolot.dirs @@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ var/lib/echolot var/run/echolot var/log/echolot etc/echolot +etc/default diff --git a/debian/echolot.init b/debian/echolot.init index 3ee6d0b..5276149 100755 --- a/debian/echolot.init +++ b/debian/echolot.init @@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ DESC="Echolot Ping Daemon" NAME="pingd" test -f $DAEMON || exit 0 +# Reads config file (will override defaults above) +[ -r /etc/default/echolot ] && . /etc/default/echolot + + wait_for_deaddaemon () { PID=$1 sleep 3 @@ -97,14 +101,18 @@ start) echo "$PIDFILE." fi fi - echo -n "Starting $DESC: " - start-stop-daemon \ - --start \ - --quiet \ - --pidfile $PIDFILE \ - --chuid $USER:$GROUP \ - --exec $DAEMON -- --detach $VERBOSE --quiet start - echo "$NAME." + if [ $RUN_ECHOLOT -gt 0 ]; then + echo -n "Starting $DESC: " + start-stop-daemon \ + --start \ + --quiet \ + --pidfile $PIDFILE \ + --chuid $USER:$GROUP \ + --exec $DAEMON -- --detach $VERBOSE --process --quiet start + echo "$NAME." + else + echo "Not starting $DESC: disabled in configuration" + fi ;; stop) diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules index 1aedc2f..e88d42b 100755 --- a/debian/rules +++ b/debian/rules @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ install: build tar c --exclude CVS --exclude .cvsignore templates | tar xv -C $(CURDIR)/debian/echolot/etc/echolot install -m 755 pingd $(CURDIR)/debian/echolot/usr/bin/ install -m 644 debian/pingd.conf $(CURDIR)/debian/echolot/etc/echolot + install -m 644 debian/echolot.default $(CURDIR)/debian/echolot/etc/default/echolot binary-indep: build install -- cgit v1.2.3