The "purge" option on 3.1.2 should be fine. At least it works flawlessly for me.
Personally, I don't apply this option to my cfengine configuration because it is too risky that my destination files would be deleted if there is something wrong, unless you keep failsafe.cf to a secure place which can be called to fix everything up. Also, /var/cfengine/inputs is just a working directory as I see it so I don't mind if it is messy or having many versions of the config files (.cfsaved) and when I want to edit the policy, I do it somewhere else not in the inputs directory either on the policy-hub or the clients. I usually put everything to SVN, copy the approved policy manually to cfengine's masterfiles directory on the policy-hub before giving out to the clients later. Cheers, --Nakarin On Dec 21, 2010, at 1:19 AM, tktuc...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks for the quick response. > > What is your thoughts on this "purge" option? Assuming I'm running the latest > (3.1.2), should I leave it enabled? This setting sounds like a good thing to > keep things clean and tidy. right? > > Thanks again, > > Tom > > > > On Dec 20, 2010 7:05pm, Nakarin Phooripoom <mynameisje...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Was that because you have purge => "true" in your copy_from > > body?http://www.cfengine.org/manuals/cf3-reference.html#copy_005ffrom-in-files > > > > > > For the Transmission refused problem, I strongly suggested to upgrade to > > the latest version. > > > > > > Cheers, > > --Nakarin > > > > On Dec 21, 2010, at 12:54 AM, Tom Tucker wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > At various times, the /var/cfengine/inputs directory on my Linux policy > > servers will be wiped out. Any thoughts on where I should look next for a > > possible cause. Below is the /var/log/messages from these systems. > > > > > > Policy Server Info > > ############### > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga) > > cfengine-3.0.4-1 (compiled) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: !! Transmission refused or > > failed statting > > /var/cfengine/masterfiles/client_files/ø^Rù^_§æ&D±685>mä5¯^Væ^X^K$©^D^] > > ^?^DÏ^A3¶á:¯ÔàI6â*¹Ãu|Í#->Z¦Mut) Got: > > > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/templates/motd.tpl > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/templates/.svn/props > > > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/templates/.svn/format > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/templates/.svn/all-wcprops > > > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/templates/.svn/text-base/motd.tpl.svn-base > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/templates/.svn/text-base > > > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/templates/.svn/tmp/props > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/templates/.svn/tmp/text-base > > > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/templates/.svn/tmp/prop-base > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/templates/.svn/tmp > > > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/templates/.svn/entries > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/templates/.svn/prop-base > > > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/templates/.svn > > Nov 24 17:18:24 usg-cfeps7901 cf3[10598]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/props > > > > > > ----------------------------- > > > > > > 2010-12-20T18:30:48.593663-05:00 usg-cfeps3901 cf3[6232]: !! Transmission > > refused or failed statting > > /var/cfengine/masterfiles/client_files/BË'fÙÞ@:#022¨£9d>osO86>Þ³?#012Got: > > > > 2010-12-20T18:30:48.594669-05:00 usg-cfeps3901 cf3[6232]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/inputs/templates/motd.tpl > > 2010-12-20T18:30:48.594885-05:00 usg-cfeps3901 cf3[6232]: -> Deleted > > directory /var/cfengine/inputs/inputs/templates > > > > 2010-12-20T18:30:48.595192-05:00 usg-cfeps3901 cf3[6232]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/all-wcprops > > 2010-12-20T18:30:48.595559-05:00 usg-cfeps3901 cf3[6232]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/text-base/linux_root_crontab.cf.svn-base > > > > 2010-12-20T18:30:48.595685-05:00 usg-cfeps3901 cf3[6232]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/text-base/rhel.cf.svn-base > > 2010-12-20T18:30:48.595808-05:00 usg-cfeps3901 cf3[6232]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/text-base/resolv_conf.cf.svn-base > > > > 2010-12-20T18:30:48.595927-05:00 usg-cfeps3901 cf3[6232]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/text-base/failsafe.cf.svn-base > > 2010-12-20T18:30:48.596069-05:00 usg-cfeps3901 cf3[6232]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/text-base/cfbackup.cf.svn-base > > > > 2010-12-20T18:30:48.596188-05:00 usg-cfeps3901 cf3[6232]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/text-base/usg-cfeps3901-cfservd.conf.svn-base > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------- > > > > > > Nov 24 19:15:17 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[22270]: !! Transmission refused or > > failed statting > > /var/cfengine/masterfiles/client_files/ê#006#030GpeoipÝ#012Q#01288>ÉMv#036Á#025#013#023wÈÏã¦ÛbæWcÖ¢jr#034d^S#011u¡ut)#012Got: > > > > Nov 24 19:15:17 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[22270]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/entries > > Nov 24 19:15:17 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[22270]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/format > > Nov 24 19:15:17 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[22270]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/props > > > > Nov 24 19:15:17 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[22270]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/tmp/props > > Nov 24 19:15:17 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[22270]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/tmp/text-base > > > > Nov 24 19:15:17 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[22270]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/tmp/tempfile.2.tmp > > Nov 24 19:15:17 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[22270]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/tmp/prop-base > > > > > > > > > > > > Dec 20 09:15:44 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[8970]: !! Transmission refused or > > failed statting /var/cfengine/masterfiles/client_files/#022ÃÀE/·4í#005 > > 1>#030;0_¡vÁLß[Óì#025âI91>Ë¿#005õò93>À,ò>Òut)#012Got:Dec 20 09:15:44 > > usg-cfeps9901 cf3[8970]: -> Deleted file /var/cfengine/inputs/.s > > > > vn/entriesDec 20 09:15:44 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[8970]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.s > > vn/formatDec 20 09:15:44 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[8970]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inpu > > ts/.svn/propsDec 20 09:15:44 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[8970]: -> Deleted > > directory /var/cfengine/inpu > > > > ts/.svn/tmp/props > > Dec 20 09:15:44 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[8970]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/tmp/text-base > > Dec 20 09:15:44 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[8970]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/tmp/tempfile.2.tmp > > > > Dec 20 09:15:44 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[8970]: -> Deleted directory > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/tmp/prop-base > > Dec 20 09:15:44 usg-cfeps9901 cf3[8970]: -> Deleted file > > /var/cfengine/inputs/.svn/tmp/tempfile.5.tmp > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Help-cfengine mailing list > > Help-cfengine@cfengine.org > > https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
