Re: invoking ipsvd-cdb

["Wayne Marshall" <wcm@guinix.com>]

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:48:28 -0500
"George Georgalis" <george@galis.org> wrote:

> 
> >Many of these have default "iprules" instructions set up in an
> >iprules sub-directory within the service directory.  The run script
> >conventions used for these services make sure the rules are
> >recompiled each time the service is restarted.
> 
> I try to avoid "helpers" like that. it's when the ip
> rules change that a new cdb should be generated...
> 
> #
> cat /var/service/qmail-smtpd/peers.sh #!/bin/sh
> cd `dirname $0` && ipsvd-cdb peers.cdb peers.tmp peers
> 
> that way whenever you've changed anything under ./peers
> you've nearly typed the command to update the cdb too.
> The other way, people are liable to restart services
> whenever they change a ip rule.
>

Yes, the slackmatic runit packages all follow similar conventions and
all use the same simple "iprules-make" utility included with the
slackmatic ipsvd package.  This utility can be run in the service
directory to update the cdb anytime without restarting the service.

Wayne