Re: Missing file gives bad error message

[Mark . Burgess]

On 15 Apr, Christian Pearce wrote:
>>From the client I get:
> 
> cfengine:: (Can't stat /var/cfengine/inputs\cf.bigbrother)
> cfengine:: Server returned error:  Host authentication failed. Did you forget 
> the domain name or
> IP/DNS address registration (for ipv4 or ipv6)?
> 
> On the Server I get:
> 
> Apr 15 14:51:27 pearcec cfservd[25953]:  Couldn't stat filename
> /var/cfengine/inputs\cf.csc_nicstatus from host commnav-win2k.commnav.com Apr 
> 15 14:51:27 pearcec
> cfservd[25953]:  lstat Apr 15 14:51:27 pearcec cfservd[25953]: Host 
> authorization/authentication
> failed or access denied Apr 15 14:51:27 pearcec cfservd[25953]: From
> (host=commnav-win2k.commnav.com,user=Administrator,ip=209.50.130.37) Apr 15 
> 14:51:27 pearcec
> cfservd[25953]:  ID from connecting host: (SYNCH 1082055332 STAT
> /var/cfengine/inputs\cf.csc_nicstatus)
> 
> 
> I was thinking this whole time I had a problem with communications, where I 
> believe the problem is
> the file it is trying to access doesn't exist.  Which in this case the 
> windows box is mangling the
> filename.
> 
> Is there any reason we can't put file doesn't exist?  Or is this a security 
> thing?  (ie. don't
> give out information to a potential attacker)

You hit the nail on the head. 

M