On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Ross Boylan <r...@biostat.ucsf.edu> wrote: > > I was a little surprised to find that I needed to quote my variable > definitions in /etc/default, at least for nfs-kernel-server. > RPCMOUNTDOPTS="--manage-gids --no-nfs-version 4" > works, but > RPCMOUNTDOPTS=--manage-gids --no-nfs-version 4 > produces > # /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart > /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server: line 12: --no-nfs-version: command not > found > > Is it generally the case that multi-word arguments should be quoted > in /etc/default? > > /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server includes > start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --quiet \ > --exec $PREFIX/sbin/rpc.mountd -- $RPCMOUNTDOPTS > I don't see -- mentioned in the man page for start-stop-daemon or > rpc.mountd.
The arguments after "--" are passed by start-stop-daemon to the executable specified by "--exec". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sxsbqcgtq8d12qlta3wdq5lhrxbfjcyddf7nqlwlj3...@mail.gmail.com
