Re: "cfrun -- -f file" problems!

[Alexander Mattausch]

> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: help-cfengine-admin@gnu.org [mailto:help-cfengine-admin@gnu.org]Im
> Auftrag von Tomas A. Maly
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. Juli 2002 23:57
> An: help-cfengine@gnu.org
> Betreff: "cfrun -- -f file" problems!
>
>
> Hi,
>
> When I try to run cfrun with a custom file to have cfagent operate with
> (cfrun -- -f rf.restart -D apache), the remote cfservd replies that it
> will execute the cfagent command without the -f or --file. I took a look
> at cfservd.c and it removes the -f and --file option! What gives?
>
> So, assuming that cfagent doesn't need those parameters, I went ahead
> and ran it like "cfagent cf.restart". Nothing happened, and the --help
> option says to pass it --file or -f . So, why are these options being
> removed by cfservd? I want to use a custom file so I don't need to worry
> about any other classes (hard or custom) being run, because I only am
> interested in one of them (as I pass with the -D parameter to cfagent).
>
> Oddly, the -D parameter passed to cfagent does NOT get chopped off by
> cfservd.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Is there no capability to specify custom files to
> operate with when remotely running cfagent, like for security reasons or
> something? HELP!

You answered your question yourself. Because of security reasons scripts
cannot be passed to cfagent remotely. This would mean that anyone could run
scripts as root just by passing them to cfservd!

You have to predefine your scripts, then you can switch between them with
the -D option by definung custom classes.

Regards, Alex