Re: conf repository?

[Mark R. Lindsey]

On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, David Fogarty wrote:

> Is there a repository of conf files tuned for each service?  It'd be nice
> to be able to grab a cf.OpenSSH, cf.ncftpd, etc. from somewhere.  I'm sure
> there's tons of duplicate conf files out there.  I know I'd be willing to
> share.

I'm not so sure that they're all duplicates -- our configuration framework
here, called "confucius", is built on cfengine, and provides a set of
hooks for phases of the configuration of each element. E.g., our
"shellcommands:configure_services.SshServer" commands enable the 
ssh server on the local machine for SshServer members, and 
"shellcommands:configure_services.!SshServer" disables it for machines
that are not ssh servers.

Further, I haven't found a way to communicate between modules, so we have
local standard macro names. Similarly, the macro pair
$(internal_network_number) and $(internal_nework_netmask) defines the
network which is allowed to ssh in to this machine. (The SshServer module
configures IP filtering.)

I think you're asking for a good thing, but we'd also need to work out
some rules by which these configuration files can play in order to make it
useful. 

-- 
Mark R. Lindsey, mark@commerceEngine.com, +1-229-241-7378x200