cfservd problem identifying ethernet interface on sco

[Kabella, Todd E.]

>  
> I have several machines with different OS ( linux, sco, aix, hp ) running 
> cfengine 2.0.1 in a test environment with no problems.
> I am now trying to put cfengine into a large production environment and am 
> having some difficulty copying files.
> 
> I have an sco 3.2.5.0.4 machine with a large disk array that I want to use as 
> the master server.  The problem that I am having is 
> cfengine seems to be using the loopback ( lo0 ) interface instead of net0 
> which is the actual ethernet interface as you can see
> from the following:
> 
> rsync1-root> ifconfig -a
> 
> lo0: flags=4049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 8232
>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 7f000000 
>         perf. params: recv size: 57344; send size: 57344; full-size frames: 1
> atl0: flags=404a<BROADCAST,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 8232
>         inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 7f000000 
>         perf. params: recv size: 4096; send size: 8192; full-size frames: 1
> net0: flags=4043<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask ffffff00 broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.255
>         perf. params: recv size: 24576; send size: 24576; full-size frames: 1
>         ether 00:20:af:d9:b1:ea
> 
> this is a portion of the output from running cfservd -d3
> 
> Loaded /var/cfengine/ppkeys/localhost.pub
> GetInterfaceInfo()
> Interface 1: lo0
> .
> .
> .
> .
> Listening for connections ...
> Checking file updates on /var/cfengine/inputs/cfservd.conf (3cd702cc/3cd83898)
> IPV4 address
> sockaddr_ntop(xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)
> FuzzyItemIn(xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)
> Purging Old Connections...
> Done purging
> FuzzyItemIn(xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)
> Prepending xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> *** New socket [5]
> New connection...(from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)
> Spawning new thread...
> Checking file updates on /var/cfengine/inputs/cfservd.conf (3cd702cc/3cd83898)
> 
> 
> I can point this same config to a different "master" and it works fine.
> 
> 
> This is the partial output from running cfagent -v on the client machine:
> 
> ********************************************************************
>  Update Sched: copy pass 1 @ Tue May  7 16:28:52 2002
> *********************************************************************
> 
> Connect to rsync1 = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx on port cfengine
> 
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Todd Kabella
> WIC Systems Administrator
> TEKabella@west.com
> Direct 402-573-2366 
> 402-573-1000 Ext. 7353
> 
>