Can I rebuild amd without rebuilding world?

[Paul Schmehl]

I have a problem with amd.  It's not working right, and I don't think I 
can fix it without rebuilding it.

Here's the problems:

# uname -a
FreeBSD utd65257.utdallas.edu 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #12: Wed May 
6 12:12:16 CDT 2009 
root at utd65257.utdallas.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

amd appears to be obtaining the correct information from my system:

# amd -r
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  no logfile defined; using stderr
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  AM-UTILS VERSION INFORMATION:
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  Copyright (c) 1997-2006 Erez 
Zadok
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  Copyright (c) 1990 Jan-Simon 
Pendry
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  Copyright (c) 1990 Imperial 
College of Science, Technology & Medicine
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents 
of the University of California.
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  am-utils version 6.1.5 (build 
702100).
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  Report bugs to 
https://bugzilla.am-utils.org/ or am-utils at am-utils.org.
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  Configured by David O'Brien 
<obrien at FreeBSD.org> on date 4-December-2007 PST.
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  Built by 
root at utd65257.utdallas.edu on date Wed May  6 11:44:19 CDT 2009.
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  cpu=i386 (little-endian), 
arch=i386, karch=i386.
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  full_os=freebsd7.2, 
os=freebsd7, osver=7.2, vendor=undermydesk, distro=The FreeBSD Project.
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  domain=utdallas.edu, 
host=utd65257, hostd=utd65257.utdallas.edu.
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  Map support for: root, passwd, 
union, nis, ndbm, file, exec, error.
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  AMFS: nfs, link, nfsx, nfsl, 
host, linkx, program, union, ufs, cdfs,
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:        pcfs, auto, direct, 
toplvl, error, inherit.
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  FS: cd9660, nfs, nfs3, nullfs, 
msdosfs, ufs, unionfs.
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  Network: wire="129.110.3.0" 
(netnumber=129.110.3).
May  9 13:38:22 utd65257 amd[22655]/info:  My ip addr is 127.0.0.1

But it can't seem to parse the amd.conf file correctly:

# amd -F /etc/amd.conf
AMDCONF: syntax error on line 2 (section global)

However the conf file is correct:

# cat -n /etc/amd.conf
     1	# GLOBAL OPTIONS SECTION
     2	[global]
     3	auto_dir	=/.amd_net

I have tried putting spaces on either side of global without success.  I 
have tried using different types of brackets without success.  The global 
line is correct yet amd claims that it is not.

That's not all.  There are some settings for amd_flags in 
/etc/defaults/rc.conf:

 grep "amd_flags=" /etc/defaults/rc.conf
bootparamd_flags=""		# Flags to bootparamd
amd_flags="-a /.amd_mnt -l syslog /host /etc/amd.map /net /etc/amd.map"

If I override those flags by adding amd_flags to /etc/rc.conf, amd will 
not run:

# grep amd_flags /etc/rc.conf
amd_flags="-l /var/log/amd.log"

# /etc/rc.d/amd start
NFS access cache time=60
Starting amd.

[root at utd65257 ~]# /etc/rc.d/amd status
amd is not running.

It runs fine with the default flags:

# grep amd_flags /etc/rc.conf
#amd_flags="-l /var/log/amd.log"

# /etc/rc.d/amd start
NFS access cache time=60
Starting amd.

# /etc/rc.d/amd status
amd is running as pid 23091.

I'd like to rebuild amd without having to rebuild world as well, although 
I'll do that if I have to.

Paul Schmehl, If it isn't already
obvious, my opinions are my own
and not those of my employer.
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