Re: feature request

[Brendan Strejcek]

Martin, Jason H wrote:

> Also, I'd suggest moving that test into a class definition using
> ReturnsZero; its not really a 'shellcommand' action.

Yeah, I had a good reason for doing it that way, but I can't remember
what it was now. :-) I think it might have confused the parser with the
parens, or maybe the $ or ${dollar} needed for the Perl variables didn't
work correctly inside ReturnsZero.

Best,
Brendan

--
Senior System Administrator
The University of Chicago
Department of Computer Science
http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/people/brendan


> 
> -Jason Martin
> 
> 
> > -----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 Brendan Strejcek
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:20 AM
> > To: help-cfengine@gnu.org
> > Subject: feature request
> > 
> > 
> > Many of my servers have an arbitrary host name and a 
> > meaningful DNS alias service name. It is impractical for 
> > cfagent to figure out all the aliases that map back to a 
> > particular hostname, but checking a single DNS alias should 
> > not be bad.
> > 
> > I would like something like this (maybe with a better function name):
> > 
> >     classes:
> >         loghost_dns_alias = ( DNSAlias(loghost) )
> > 
> > Currently I use nasty code like this:
> > 
> >     shellcommands:
> >         any::
> >             # Figure out if I am the loghost.
> >             "/bin/test `hostname` = `host loghost|perl 
> > -e'${dollar}_=<>;s/.*alias for (.*)\./${dollar}1/;print'`"
> >                 define=loghost
> >         loghost:: 
> >             "/do/stuff"
> > 
> > Just an idea.
> > 
> > Or if anyone has a better idea for how to accomplish the same thing...
> > 
> > Best,
> > Brendan
> > 
> > --
> > Senior System Administrator
> > The University of Chicago
> > Department of Computer Science 
> > http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/people/brendan
> > 
> > 
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