# symlinks to it. No attempt is made to prevent this.
SYSCTL_SOURCES="/etc/sysctl.d/ /usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/ /usr/lib/sysctl.d/ /lib/sysctl.d/ /etc/sysctl.conf"
-# The file redirections do the following:
+# If the logger utility is available all messages are sent to syslog, except
+# for the final status. The file redirections do the following:
#
# - stdout is redirected to syslog with facility.level "kern.info"
# - stderr is redirected to syslog with facility.level "kern.err"
# - file dscriptor 4 is used to pass the result to the "start" function.
#
-run_program() {
+run_logger() {
# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # we need the word splitting
find $SYSCTL_SOURCES -maxdepth 1 -name '*.conf' -print0 2> /dev/null | \
xargs -0 -r -n 1 readlink -f | {
prog_status="OK"
while :; do
- read -r file
- if [ -z "$file" ]; then
+ read -r file || {
echo "$prog_status" >&4
break
- fi
+ }
echo "* Applying $file ..."
/sbin/sysctl -p "$file" $SYSCTL_ARGS || prog_status="FAIL"
done 2>&1 >&3 | /usr/bin/logger -t sysctl -p kern.err
} 3>&1 | /usr/bin/logger -t sysctl -p kern.info
}
+# If logger is not available all messages are sent to stdout/stderr.
+run_std() {
+ # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # we need the word splitting
+ find $SYSCTL_SOURCES -maxdepth 1 -name '*.conf' -print0 2> /dev/null | \
+ xargs -0 -r -n 1 readlink -f | {
+ prog_status="OK"
+ while :; do
+ read -r file || {
+ echo "$prog_status" >&4
+ break
+ }
+ echo "* Applying $file ..."
+ /sbin/sysctl -p "$file" $SYSCTL_ARGS || prog_status="FAIL"
+ done
+ }
+}
+
+if [ -x /usr/bin/logger ]; then
+ run_program="run_logger"
+else
+ run_program="run_std"
+fi
+
start() {
printf '%s %s: ' "$1" "$PROGRAM"
- status=$(run_program 4>&1)
+ status=$("$run_program" 4>&1)
echo "$status"
if [ "$status" = "OK" ]; then
return 0