RE: Bogus file content on copies

[Ferguson, Steve]

I should clarify that the host otherwise works fine.  If I remove the errant
file and rerun cfagent, usually it'll copy correctly the second time.
Sometimes a third try is required, but eventually it works if I just repeat
running cfagent.

Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferguson, Steve [mailto:Steve.Ferguson@gedas.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 12:29 PM
> To: 'help-cfengine@gnu.org'
> Subject: Bogus file content on copies
> 
> 
> Now that I'm working with a sufficiently large number of machines in
> cfengine, I'm noticing some occasional odd failures.  The one 
> I'm seeing
> most frequently is bogus file content when a file is copied.  
> Here's an
> example:
> 
> root@myhost:inputs# more cfservd.conf
> t 2048BAD: Host authentication failed. Did you forget the domain name?
> 
> What causes this to happen and how can I prevent it?  If 
> there's a failure
> condition, I'd expect the previous file not to get replaced, 
> but in this
> case the old file is getting replaced with content like that 
> shown above.
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve
> 
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