setting up routed and automated startup

[Dan Shoop]

At 11:59 PM +0200 7/7/07, paul wrote:
>Dan Shoop schrieb:
>>At 11:30 AM +0200 7/6/07, paul wrote:
>>>Hi list,
>>>
>>>I'd like to use RIPv2 on OS X server. It seems like routed(8) is 
>>>able to do this but I'm unsure how to configure it.
>>
>>There's a man page for routed. Have you read it? If so what 
>>questions do you have?
>Sure, I have no questions regarding routed or RIPv2 but rather about 
>it's integration in the "mac experience" ;)

That's even more vague, so with all the goats out in the meadow it 
makes the augury a bit hard to devine what you mean.

>>But this really isn't what you're implying you're trying to do, 
>>which begs the question...
>Nope.

OK, responses like this are going to get you even less further than 
the one above.

>>>  or do I have to edit /etc/gateways and write the startup stuff 
>>>(plist and script) myself?
>>
>>The bigger question I'd have is why you feel you need to be 
>>implementing something like this at all?
>>
>>Do you have a multi-homed network architecture?
>Yes, I got 2 NICs (one is openvpn) and three tiny networks behind 
>which are not alway up. Managing static routes gets a bit annoying 
>so...

But is automatically handled when you add the new operating NI so 
again this begs the question of WTF you're looking to really do here.

You don't need to do anything special if you have multiple NIs, you 
only need to do something special if you have one NI and a 
multi-homed network, but then that should be handled by your local 
networks router, so again the question...

>>You *NEVER* put anything in /System. Ever.
>Ah, I got that from a quite respected magazine but they were wrong 
>on other points too, never trust printet paper...

Obviously they are not respected or more likely you read it wrong.

>>However you'd want to use launchd, not StartupItems for anything 
>>you roll on your own. (Post-Panther)
>This is tiger, I'll ask google for integrating with launchd. Do you 
>have any good resouces I could look at?

Presumbly you've not read the developer docs like you should, so I'd 
suggest starting there and maybe also looking at AFP548.
-- 

-dhan

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