Add -hidden flag when calling Debug or Ctl

SVN Revision: 2354

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex
index 96861581d..80bc03277 100644
--- a/doc/guide.tex
+++ b/doc/guide.tex
@@ -4192,6 +4192,10 @@ The command line parameters:
 	Maximum number of Erlang processes.
   \titem{-remsh ejabberd@localhost}
 	Open an Erlang shell in a remote Erlang node.
+  \titem{-hidden}
+	The connections to other nodes are hidden (not published).
+	The result is that this node is not considered part of the cluster.
+	This is important when starting a temporary \term{ctl} or \term{debug} node.
 \end{description}
 Note that some characters need to be escaped when used in shell scripts, for instance \verb|"| and \verb|{}|.
 You can find other options in the Erlang manual page (\shell{erl -man erl}).
diff --git a/src/ejabberdctl.template b/src/ejabberdctl.template
index 5ed63b70e..71634d87f 100644
--- a/src/ejabberdctl.template
+++ b/src/ejabberdctl.template
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ debug ()
     $EXEC_CMD "$ERL \
       $NAME ${NODE}debug \
       -remsh $ERLANG_NODE \
+      -hidden \
       $ERLANG_OPTS $ARGS \"$@\""
 }
 
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ ctl ()
     $EXEC_CMD "$ERL \
       $NAME ejabberdctl \
       -noinput \
+      -hidden \
       -pa $EJABBERD_EBIN_PATH \
       -s ejabberd_ctl -extra $ERLANG_NODE $COMMAND"
     result=$?
diff --git a/tools/ejabberdctl b/tools/ejabberdctl
index c821e8081..f084059a4 100755
--- a/tools/ejabberdctl
+++ b/tools/ejabberdctl
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ function debug
       -sname debug$NODE@$HOST \
       -pa $EJABBERD_EBIN \
       -mnesia dir "\"$EJABBERD_DB\"" \
+      -hidden \
       -remsh $NODE@$HOST
 }
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ function ctl
       -noinput \
       -sname ejabberdctl@$HOST \
       -pa $EJABBERD_EBIN \
+      -hidden \
       -s ejabberd_ctl -extra $NODE@$HOST $@
 }