On 06/03/18 03:33, Rob Lister wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm working on upgrading our route servers to the latest versions > (debian stretch and the bird debian package 1.6.3. > > I need to specify during startup "-c /path/to/config/file" but whatever > I do, it just gets ignored and still tries to use /etc/bird/bird.conf > > I have tried: > > - Editing /etc/init.d/bird and adding BIRD_ARGS="-c > /etc/bird/bird-vlanid1-ipv4.conf" > - Editing /etc/defaults/bird (deprecated??)
Editing arguments should be done in /etc/defaults/bird, not in /etc/init.d. > - Editing /etc/bird/envvars > - Editing the systemctl with "systemctl edit bird.service" as suggested > here: > > https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg1503154.html > > > > - Restarting systemctl daemon-reload This only re-reads the systemd configuration file. Try "service bird restart" (because reload only causes bird to reread the bird config and if you want new command line arguments, restart bird) -- Wilco
