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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-23 23:41:35 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-23 23:44:36 +0200
commit06e5c3af8b6d0ab2a369d5832a4f1756ae6c3570 (patch)
treec29e76ad218b51cd8df73f19352c62fb86ef6b8f /gnu/services
parentaf41e504cf0e4039615015cc49baa947e1715c47 (diff)
downloadguix-06e5c3af8b6d0ab2a369d5832a4f1756ae6c3570.tar.gz
services: connman: Redirect output to a log file.
* gnu/services/networking.scm (connman-shepherd-service): Pass
 #:log-file to 'make-forkexec-constructor'.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/services')
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/networking.scm9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/networking.scm b/gnu/services/networking.scm
index 61561a40dd..03b2c6e1ec 100644
--- a/gnu/services/networking.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/networking.scm
@@ -985,7 +985,14 @@ wireless networking."))))
                       (list (string-append #$connman
                                            "/sbin/connmand")
                             "-n" "-r"
-                            #$@(if disable-vpn? '("--noplugin=vpn") '()))))
+                            #$@(if disable-vpn? '("--noplugin=vpn") '()))
+
+                      ;; As connman(8) notes, when passing '-n', connman
+                      ;; "directs log output to the controlling terminal in
+                      ;; addition to syslog."  Redirect stdout and stderr
+                      ;; to avoid spamming the console (XXX: for some reason
+                      ;; redirecting to /dev/null doesn't work.)
+                      #:log-file "/var/log/connman.log"))
             (stop #~(make-kill-destructor)))))))
 
 (define connman-service-type