Re: editfiles problem - revisited

[Sven Mueller]

Josef Wolf [u] wrote on 02/09/2004 14:25:

> On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 01:52:12PM +0200, Sven Mueller wrote:
>
>
> > test:x:1:1::/tmp/:/bin/bash
> > test2:x:2:2::/tmp/:/bin/bash
> >
> > Here is what cfagent.conf looks like:
> >
> > control:
> >        actionsequence = ( editfiles )
> >
> > editfiles:
> >        { /tmp/passwd
> >                Backup "Off"
> >                SplitOn ":"
> >                ReplaceLinesMatchingField 1
> >                SetLine "test::::::"
> >                AppendIfNoLineMatching "ThisLine"
> >        }
>
>
> AFAICS, the ThisLine notation works only in a ForEachLineIn loop.  You need
> to give a regexp to AppendIfNoLineMatching.  Further, ReplaceLinesMatching
> requires either a ForEachLineIn loop or a SetLine.
> So please try:
>
>          { /tmp/passwd
>                  Backup "Off"
>                  SplitOn ":"
>                  SetLine "test::::::"
>                  ReplaceLinesMatchingField 1
>                  AppendIfNoLineMatching "test:.*"
>          }

Changing it this way still doesn't replace an existing 
"test:x:1:1::/tmp/:/bin/bash" line with the "test::::::" line.

It doesn't seem to matter wether the ReplaceLinesMatchingField 
instruction is given before or after SetLine. It doesn't do what the 
documentation suggests in either case.

cu,
sven