RE: Copy+editfiles

[Martin, Jason H]

Perfect! Thank you.

-Jason Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: Atom Powers [mailto:atom.powers@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:46 AM
To: Martin, Jason H
Cc: help-cfengine@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Copy+editfiles


On 8/24/05, Martin, Jason H <jason.h.martin@cingular.com> wrote:
> In that situation, if someone removes / changes a line from 
> /usr/local/etc/smb.conf that originated from 
> /var/cfengine/work/smb.conf, will cfe rebuild /usr/local/etc/smb.conf?

> If so, this is the solution I was looking for, as it guarantees the 
> integrity of /usr/local/etc/smb.conf without making unnecessary 
> changes to it.
> 
> Thank you,
> -Jason Martin
> 

Yes. That method guarantees the integrity of smb.conf to match the
"source" copy at "$(FileSource)/common/usr/local/etc/smb.conf" no matter
what was done to the local /usr/local/etc/smb.conf. Even if it was
deleted, changed, etc. I believe cfengine also checks the "new" version
against the "current" version and only makes changes if they differ.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: help-cfengine-bounces+jason.h.martin=cingular.com@gnu.org
> [mailto:help-cfengine-bounces+jason.h.martin=cingular.com@gnu.org] On 
> Behalf Of Atom Powers
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:23 AM
> To: help-cfengine@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Copy+editfiles
> 
> 
> On 8/24/05, Jason Martin <jhmartin@toger.us> wrote:
> > I've got a 500 line file that should be the same on all my hosts, 
> > save
> 
> > that one of the lines need to be customized to the hostname. Does 
> > anyone have any tips on how to do this? I'd rather not enter a 
> > 500-line editfiles stanza if possible. Is there any way to do a
> > copy+editfiles action?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > -Jason Martin
> 
> Here's how I solved that problem when I was working with smb.conf. 
> Obviously the copy action is before the editfiles action. And this 
> method may not work if you need your edits to be nested or in a 
> specific order.
> 
> copy:
>   any::
>   # Samba configuration
>         $(FileSource)/common/usr/local/etc/smb.conf
>         dest=/var/cfengine/work/smb.conf
>         server=$(FileServer)
> 
> editfiles:
>   any::
>         {
>         /usr/local/etc/smb.conf
>         AutoCreate
>         EmptyEntireFilePlease
>         InsertLine "hostname = $(host)"
>         InsertFile "/var/cfengine/work/smb.conf"
>         DefineClasses "newsamba"
>         }
> 
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