In 9nbd MUNGE bootstrap, we run munged with the -f option.
Why? I can't remember. Chris would like me to run this down.
if [[ "$nbdopts" =~ "auth=munge" ]]; then
umask 077
diodcat -p -s "$nbdserver" -a "$keydir" munge.key >/tmp/munge.key || exit 1
umask 022
mkdir -p /var/run/munge /var/lib/munge /var/log/munge
dioddate -S -s "$nbdserver"
munged --key /tmp/munge.key -f || exit 1
echo "create user munge * |/usr/bin/munge" >/etc/request-key.conf
echo "MUNGE started"
fi