Re: works in 2.0.8p1, doesn't work in 2.1.0b4/5

[Mark . Burgess]

I have tested this example here and it seems to wrk fine.

Check with -p -d3 that the relevant rule has been loaded,
i.e. that the class "all" is properly defined.

M

On 12 Oct, Kurt Lieber wrote:
> After upgrading to 2.1.0b4 (and subsequently b5) pretty much everything
> outside of updating cf configuration files themselves stopped functioning.
> I had the following very basic copy command in my main cfagent.conf file:
> 
> copy:   
>     all::   
>         $(master_files)/etc/ntp.conf.default    dest=/etc/ntp.conf
>                                                 define=_ntp_bounce
>                                                 type=checksum
>                                                 syslog=true
>                                                 server=$(gold)
>                                                 force=true
> 
> And it did not work.  (I mv'd the existing /etc/ntp.conf file out of the
> way before running cfagent and yes, things like $(gold) and $(master_files)
> are properly defined elsewhere in the conf file)
> 
> Running 'cfagent -v' along with 'cfservd -d2' showed that the copy command
> was getting picked up, but nothing was being done with it.  Where I would
> normally expect to see something like:  
> 
> *********************************************************************
>  Main Tree Sched: copy pass 1 @ Sun Oct 12 14:51:22 2003
> *********************************************************************
> 
> Checking copy from gold:/var/cfengine/repository/files/etc/ntp.conf.default 
> to /etc/ntp.conf
> Connect to gold = 10.1.1.1 on port cfengine
> Loaded /var/cfengine/ppkeys/root-10.1.1.1.pub
> cfengine:client: Strong authentication of server=gold connection confirmed
> cfengine:client: Update of image /etc/ntp.conf from master 
> /var/cfengine/repository/files/etc/ntp.conf.default on gold
> cfengine:client: /etc/ntp.conf had permission 600, changed it to 644
> Saving the setuid log in /var/cfengine/cfagent.client.log
> Job start time set to Sun Oct 12 14:51:22 2003
> 
> I instead saw:
> 
> *********************************************************************
>  Main Tree Sched: copy pass 1 @ Sun Oct 12 14:51:22 2003
> *********************************************************************
> 
> Saving the setuid log in /var/cfengine/cfagent.client.log
> Job start time set to Sun Oct 12 14:51:22 2003
> 
> 
> Additionally, custom actionsequence classes I had defined to do things like
> check/change file permissions stopped working as well, with log entries
> similar to the one above.
> 
> Making no other changes to the config files, I downgraded to 2.0.8p1 and
> things started working again.
> 
> Are there major differences in the configuration syntax between 2.0 and 2.1
> or is there a problem elsewhere?
> 
> I'm happy to provide further details, including full configuration files,
> off list.
> 
> --kurt



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