[Dnsmasq-discuss] Set environment variable for dhcp-script

[Geert Stappers]

On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 08:38:33PM +0000, Daniel Weller wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to set an environment variable from inside dnsmasq- giving
> the script being called by dhcp-script access to that variable. I
> think the location to do this is inside helper.c in the create_helper()
> function. However, when it forks I am unable to follow the child process
> in my debugger. I have tried setting "set follow-fork-mode <mode>" &
> "set detach-on-fork <mode>" but after the process forks- it seems to
> just hang and never be called.
> 
> Also I've got my local variable inside the lease struct and passed to
> queue_script() in helper.c.
> 
> Any ideas how to debug the dhcp-script child process or where I should
> set the environment variable to allow the script called by dhcp-script
> to read this environment variable?

What is the original problem?


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Geert Stappers
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