Re: AutoDefine

[Brendan Strejcek]

It's not working for me either:

    $ cfagent --version | head -1
    GNU cfengine 2.1.5
    $ cat AutoDefine.cf 
    #!/usr/sbin/cfagent -qIKf
    control:
        AddInstallable = ( asdf )
        actionsequence = ( copy shellcommands )
        asdf:: autodefine = ( /etc/passwd )
    copy: /etc/passwd dest=/tmp/passwd
    shellcommands: asdf:: "/bin/echo asdf defined"
    $ ./AutoDefine.cf 
    cfengine:: Copying from localhost:/etc/passwd
    cfengine:: Owner of /tmp/passwd was 666, setting to 0
    cfengine:: Group of /tmp/passwd was 666, setting to 0
    cfengine:: Object /tmp/passwd had permission 600, changed it to 444

I also tried 2.1.3.

By the way, that is the strangest syntax I have ever seen. It
seems to fly in the face of cfengine conventions. Much more natural would
be something like:

    AutoDefine = ( /some/file someclass )

I always read "token:: action" as "do action contingent upon token" but
this reverses things.

I don't actually want to use AutoDefine anywhere, but if the docs are
wrong they should probably be updated.

-- Brendan

PS:

> copy:
>  $(masterfiles)/startup_script
>      dest=/etc/init.d/startup_script
>      o=root g=sys mode=555
>     server=($policyhost) type=checksum
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I assume this was a typo, as I could reproduce the problem.