Re: Strange copying

[Roger Harrysson]

Thanks for the quick feedback!

I very much think (and hope :-) that the mistake is on my side.
My configuration is not that long though. I show the two files of 
interest below.
The strange copy happens to any file edited on the policyhost for the 
group DNS.
It actually happens to any group, but DNS failure didn't make my boss happy.
If you have the time, please help me.
I could send any extra info needed. I have tried with debug output, but 
the only info I get
is that the file is being copied, ...not why. md5 wouldn't explain this, 
since the copy would not wait until 01:30 in the morning.
The old file is saved, and has the time of when the cfengine replaced it 
in a correct way the last time.
By the way, I'm on Solaris 8 if that is of interest.


Kind regards,
Roger Harrysson

*************** cfagent.conf *****************************************

groups:
   ALL = ( saturn io amalthea titan janus rhea europa callisto ganymede 
proteus calypso hadar bianca kuma )
   ZH =  ( saturn io amalthea titan janus rhea europa callisto ganymede 
proteus calypso hadar bianca kuma )
   AVMAIL = ( none )
   VSF = ( ganymede callisto europa )
   FALLBACK = ( rhea titan )
   RESOLVER = ( rhea titan proteus calypso )
   BUSINESSMAIL = ( janus amalthea )
   MAILOUT = ( proteus calypso )
   DNS = ( hadar kuma )
   NTPCLIENT = ( ALL -saturn -titan -ganymede )

control:
   domain          = ( ip-plus.net )  # Needed for remote copy
   actionsequence = ( links directories files copy editfiles tidy 
processes shellcommands )
   master_copy = ( /data/cfengine )
   policyhost = ( saturn-lan )
   smtpserver = ( mailout.ip-plus.net )
   sysadm     = ( roger@ip-plus.net )
   editfilesize = ( 100000 )

   # Avoid server contention

   SplayTime = ( 1 )

import:
   NTPCLIENT.cf
   DNS.cf
   ALL.cf
   ZH.cf
   AVMAIL.cf
   VSF.cf
   FALLBACK.cf
   RESOLVER.cf
   BUSINESSMAIL.cf
   MAILOUT.cf


***************************************************************

************ imported DNS.cf *************************************


files:
      
DNS::
  /etc/bind recurse=inf owner=named group=sys action=fixall
  /services/dns/var recurse=inf mode=755 owner=named group=sys 
action=fixall
  /services/dns/.ssh recurse=inf mode=600 owner=named group=sys 
action=fixall


copy:

DNS::

   $(master_copy)/DNS/etc      dest=/etc
                               mode=a=r
                               owner=named
                               group=sys
                               recurse=inf
                               server=$(policyhost)

   $(master_copy)/DNS/var/cfengine   dest=/var/cfengine
                               mode=0755
                               owner=root
                               group=sys
                               recurse=inf
                               server=$(policyhost)

   $(master_copy)/DNS/services/dns/var    dest=/services/dns/var
                               mode=0755
                               owner=named
                               group=sys
                               recurse=inf
                               server=$(policyhost)


   $(master_copy)/DNS/services/dns/.ssh    dest=/services/dns/.ssh
                               mode=0600
                               owner=named
                               group=sys
                               recurse=inf
                               server=$(policyhost)





shellcommands:

DNS::
                       "/var/cfengine/ipplus/restartDNS.pl"

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Mark Burgess wrote:

> It sounds very much as though the mistake is on yur side. My guess is
> that you are using checksum md5 copying and that you have some kind of
> contradiction in your files. But without more info it is hard to
> diagnose. There are no known problems with copying that could lead to
> this behaviour unless you have made a mistake -- it's easily done.
>
> M
>
> On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 08:34 +0100, Roger Harrysson wrote:
>  
>
> > I use cfenigne from cron. It runs every 30 minutes and works fine.
> > Mostly I  copy files from the server if they have chenged on the 
> > cfengine server.
> > However, everytime a change a file on the server I get the copy done twice!
> > One time correct (at most 30 minutes after the change), but also one 
> > time at 01:30 in the morning.
> >
> > Why this second copy when the file already is in place?
> >
> > Can I stop this misbehavour?
> >
> > The problem is that when I change a file on the client there should be 
> > no copy from the server, but there is.
> > AT 01:30 IN THE NIGHT! When noone is around to fix the problem.
> >
> > We have currently taken away cfengine from all our servers, since we can 
> > not live with this risk.
> > Sad for such a good software.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Roger Harrysson
> >
> >    
>
>  


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