Bug 248284

Summary:	ppp does not work with the _fix suffix in rc.conf when using profiles
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Paul Webster <paul.g.webster>
Component:	conf	Assignee:	Eugene Grosbein <eugen>
Status:	Closed Not A Bug
Severity:	Affects Some People	CC:	eugen, koobs, net
Priority:	---
Version:	12.1-RELEASE
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Paul Webster 2020-07-26 22:29:50 UTC

# TOTALLY IGNORES _fib, the rest is fine

# PPP Config
ppp_enable="YES"
ppp_profile="bt1 bt2"
## BT1
ppp_bt1_mode="ddial"
ppp_bt1_unit=1
ppp_bt1_fib=1
ppp_bt1_nice="-20"
## BT2
ppp_bt2_mode="ddial"
ppp_bt2_unit=2
ppp_bt2_fib=2
ppp_bt2_nice="-20" sda


totally ignores _fib

Comment 1 Andriy Gapon freebsd_committer

2020-07-27 08:42:39 UTC

Just curious, why do you think that fib and nice should do anything?

Comment 2 Eugene Grosbein freebsd_committer

2020-07-28 02:18:50 UTC

Please read rc.conf(5) manual page carefully for syntax description. There are no such settings as ppp_<profile>_fib or ppp_<profile>_nice.

Also, please use FreeBSD web forums or mailing lists first for such discussions and leave Bugzilla for bug reporting.

Comment 3 Kubilay Kocak freebsd_committer

2020-07-28 09:04:47 UTC

Could we improve rc more generally to display unused/invalid variables when specified by the user, improving UX, mistake proofing (Poka-yoke [1]) and reducing support overhead?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poka-yoke

Comment 4 Eugene Grosbein freebsd_committer

2020-07-28 09:19:46 UTC

(In reply to Kubilay Kocak from comment #3)

I doubt it because rc.conf is just shell-script assigning variables that can be used in numerous local scripts including those installed by ports of developed locally.

It may also contain local settings used by local scripts started by cron and even devd.

Comment 5 Kubilay Kocak freebsd_committer

2020-07-28 09:38:00 UTC

Thanks Eugene

@Reporter If there is a concrete proposal/improvement that can be made associated with this issue, please don't hesitate to re-open with additional details.

^Triage: Assign to committer that (originally resolved), cc me.