configuration given in /etc/default/libvirt-bin ignored

[Thomas Schweikle]

In /etc/default/libvirt-bin:
!# Defaults for libvirt-bin initscript (/etc/init.d/libvirt-bin)
!# This is a POSIX shell fragment
!
!# Start libvirtd to handle qemu/kvm:
!start_libvirtd="yes"
!
!# options passed to libvirtd, add "-l" to listen on tcp
!libvirtd_opts="-l -d"
!
!# pass in location of kerberos keytab
!export KRB5_KTNAME=/etc/libvirt/krb5.keytab

after restarting with "service libvirt-bin restart"
!# ps axfu | grep libvirt
!root 2494 0.2 0.0 221484 5480 ? Sl 15:58 0:00 /usr/sbin/libvirtd -d

In tune libvirtd will not list on any TCP-Socket and remain not being accessible over the network.
AFAIK configurations given in "/etc/default/libvirt-bin" are ignored. Whereever the "-d" comes from --- it is not "/etc/defaults/libvirt-bin"!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: libvirt-bin 0.8.3-1ubuntu14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-server 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-server x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 17 15:54:09 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libvirt

[Thomas Schweikle (tps)]

Configuration intentionally ignored. Moved to /etc/init/libvirt-bin.conf

No updates to documentation done! References to "/etc/default/libvirt-bin" should be removed!

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

Hi Thomas, thanks for pointing this out. Which documentation are you referring to? I suspect we'll have to reclassify what this bug affects according to your answer.

[Thomas Schweikle (tps)]

I refered to the Ubuntu Administration Handbook accessible via internet. libvirt-bin docs in ubuntu-wiki. Both point to /etc/default/libvirt-bin for configuration of libvirtd.

An other point: why does /etc/default/libvirt-bin belong to the package? Should not be there any more since it isn't used!
!tu@kvm-test:~$ dpkg -L libvirt-bin | grep /etc/default
!/etc/default
!/etc/default/libvirt-bin

[Thomas Schweikle (tps)]

/etc/default/libvirt-bin is now sourced.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for libvirt (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Thomas Schweikle (tps)]

This is fixed since the last update to libvirtd 0.8.8