The functionality exists in standalone server, options passed to src/schooltool/app/main.py, but nobody uses it directly anymore. We've been using paste script to run a server for a while now and propagation of command line options is not implemented.
This should be solved in two steps:
1) Fixing bzr checkouts. Make src/schooltool/paste/run.py propagate options described in src/schooltool/app/main.py.
As long as they come last in the command line, they should get passed as global_conf, see .../PasteScript-1.7.3-py2.5.egg/paste/script/serve.py, line 139 and below (schooltool.ini is passed as local_conf in both bzr checkouts and installed ST-2009; I don't know which takes precedence by the way).
Note that we might want to omit options like "--stop-daemon" or "--user" from propagation.
2) Fixing ST-2009 install. Update the /usr/share/schooltool-common/init.d-script to pass extra arguments when using start command. That should be sufficient, users could use:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/schooltool-2009 stop
$ sudo /etc/init.d/schooltool-2009 start --restore-manager my_password
Gediminas, I recall you doing something about this? Or is may memory glitching again?