[hipl-dev] [Bug 693834] Re: maintain configuration files as separate files
- From: René Hummen <693834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hipl-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:18:28 -0000
hipd and other components should first check for _configuration_ files
in the current directory (i.e., from source) and then in /etc/hip or
/usr/local/etc/hip corresponding to the setup (i.e., when installed).
Note that the storage location of the keys will not be touched by this
change.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693834
Title:
maintain configuration files as separate files
Status in Host Identity Protocol for Linux:
Confirmed
Bug description:
The configuration files of hipd, hipfw and related HIPL programs are
currently maintained in-source at hipd/init.c.
Examples are:
- HIPL_CONFIG_FILE_EX
- HIPL_HOSTS_FILE_EX
- HIPL_NSUPDATE_CONF_FILE_EX
- hip_init_certs()
This is ugly and leads to the side-effect that hipd needs to be run for the
first time before hipfw can be started, as it needs to generate
firewall_config. Furthermore, as the configuration files are not explicitly
shipped in the distribution packages, they will not be removed on purge.
We need to maintain configuration in separate files, add them to configure.ac
and ensure that the configuration files can also be found in case of running
hipd from source without prior make install.
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