Re: creating, fixing files

[Ed Brown]

This has come up a few times in the past, it's really a surprising and 
disappointing missing capability.  I don't think you CAN both create a 
file if it's missing and fix permissions on an existing file, with one 
'files:' statement.  A suggested workaround is two files actions, with 
'ifelapsed=0' to avoid locking issues.

-Ed


Atom Powers wrote:
> I am trying to write a rule that creates a file, directory if it
> doesn't exist, and enfoce ACLs on it if it does. I am trying to use:
> --
>     /var/log/service.log
>         mode=640    owner=service    group=wheel
>         action=create
>         action=fixall
> --
>
> But this doesn't work, it failes because it's trying to fix a file
> that doesn't exist.
> --
> cfengine:host: Cannot access file/directory /var/log/service.log
> cfengine:host: File/Dir /var/log/service.log did not exist and was
> marked (fixall)
> --
>
> What is the correct way to do this?