Forum: Cfengine Help Subject: Re: Questions about the reference manual Author: mwlarsen Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,18107,18129#msg-18129
neilhwatson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A promise is not procedural. It is a general > statement that Cfengine will try to keep. For > instance 'promise that file /etc/ssh/sshd_config > has mode 644'. You don't say 'chmod 644 > /etc/sshd/sshd_config' instead you describe the > end state and let Cfengine keep that promise in > its own way. > > 'rvalue' I believe refers to the right hand side > of a statement. For example, in > "x" string => "Hello World" > The rvalue is "Hello World". > > A host that the agent runs on is either a member > of a class or it is not. Thus this is a boolean. > You might try looking at the tutorial's both the > official and mine before you tackle the reference > manual. Thanks Neil. I've actually been through both tutorials, the reference was my next step. I suspect part of my problem is that I expect Cfengine to be like scripting, and it's not like any kind of scripting I've ever done. It seems to be far more abstract than bash or perl. But I'll keep plugging away at it and hope for a eureka moment. Thanks for your help! :-) _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
