cf_lastseen.db gets updated when 1. our client connects to an external server (outgoing) 2. our server dumps its cache of recent (incoming) connections (roughly every 15 mins)
M On 01/19/2011 05:08 PM, JIM AMANATIDIS, BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN wrote: > > ah, okay, well that explains why the individual files don't get updated. I'll > remove those from the server. > > I'll stay tuned on why cf_lastseen.db only gets updated every so often. > > Thanks! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Burgess <mark.burg...@iu.hio.no> > To: help-cfengine@cfengine.org > At: 1/19 11:06:20 > > > Indeed, this is correct. The hostname files were never supposed to be > active for normal users. This was only for testing, as you could quickly > fill up a disk with these files. > > /var/cfengine/cf_LastSeen.db.HOSTNAME* has been moved to a sub directory > and is switched off by default. Only the cf_lastseen.db is now used. > Note the change in capitalization. > > > > On 01/19/2011 05:02 PM, JIM AMANATIDIS, BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I've been using the same build process, so not sure why it may have >> stopped working when I upgraded to 3.0.5p1. But to clarify, >> >> /var/cfengine/cf_LastSeen.db updates every once in a while, but files such as >> /var/cfengine/cf_LastSeen.db.HOSTNAME* do not update. >> >> I am using the following revisions: >> cfengine-3.0.5p1B1 >> db-4.2.52.NC >> pcre-8.01 >> openssl-0.9.8d >> >> I am also trying to rebuild and test these revisions: >> cfengine-3.1.2 >> openssl-1.0.0c >> pcre-8.11 >> db-5.1.19.NC >> >> - Jim >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Mark Burgess <mark.burg...@iu.hio.no> >> To: help-cfengine@cfengine.org >> At: 1/19 10:53:43 >> >> >> Nova uses Tokyocabinet, but .db files are Berkeley DB. Could it be that >> your version of Cfengine is compiled incorrectly somehow, or you've got >> some parts using one and not the other? >> >> On 01/19/2011 04:44 PM, Frans Lawaetz wrote: >>> >>>> I experienced the same issue running on Solaris 10, cfengine v3.0.5p1. >>>> Any luck in finding out? >>> Deb & Jim, I've opened a bug report on this issue if you want to keep >>> track and/or chime in. >>> https://cfengine.com/bugtracker/view.php?id=445 >>> >>> Deb - I don't know if Nova (which is what I think you use) defaults to >>> using Tokyocabinet but my last seen database is cf_lastseen.db. There >>> is also a "lastseen" directory in /var/cfengine though mine is empty. >>> That your were continuing to see old lastseen information suggests you >>> either hit the wrong file or there was a lingering cf-serverd process >>> that was keeping an open file handle on the file you thought you removed. >>> >>> Anecdotally, I've noticed cfengine seems to update the db only >>> periodically. Doing a looping stat of the lastseen db file shows >>> modification only happening every few minutes though there is constant >>> load on the system from client access. After I removed my lastseen >>> database there was only an entry for the master for some time. When I >>> checked the next day it had populated again. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
