Re: cfagent.conf distribution

[Mark . Burgess]

On 26 Jul, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm using a mininal "update.conf" to bootstrap clients into taking orders 
> from the main cfengine server.  The problem I'm having, and this may be a 
> conceptual problem, is how to distribute other config files, particularly 
> cfagent.conf
> 
> It my cfagent.conf, I have one task which simply udpates /etc/hosts from a 
> master file. This works just fine.  I don't see how this mechanism could be 
> used to distribute the  cfagent.conf file itself though.  The good old 
> chicken and egg scenario.

I don't understand your confusion. You use update.conf to
distribute all config files, including cfagent.conf.
Why do you distinguish some from others?

M

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