> But one thing perl does very well is to allow the number of programmers
> contributing content to scale - which seems to me to be the important
> part if you want to avoid re-inventing every wheel and building things
> from atoms by yourself. The point of using perl is that I can make an
> http
How about allowing inline body definitions so instead of this (adapted
from the OP):
bundle agent test{
files:
"/root/.ssh/authorized_keys"
create => "true",
perms => m("600");
}
body perms m(mode){
mode => "$(mode)";
}
just write this:
bundle agent test{
files:
I'm a pretty good perl hacker. I often refer to perl as my Swiss army
knife. However, using perl on the scale Cfengine is designed to handle
would be difficult. Having to keep a collection of perl modules, and
dependencies, all at the correct version across dissimilar UNIX platforms,
some of
Suppose you have an slist that contains a list the only netgroups you
want in /etc/passwd (ignore /etc/shadow for this example) on a given
system. It's easy to ensure they're all there, but how would you ensure
that no other netgroups are in the file? For example, given:
bundle agent test {
va
On 2/10/2010 2:00 AM, Mark Burgess wrote:
>> Can a mostly-uncoordinated
>> set of people write different parts of a cfengine conf without namespace
>> collisions? Is there a way to track internal version dependencies among
>> the parts?
>
> Yes, there are private name spaces in cfengine. Cfengine
Moving beyond the hypothetical, Cfengine is a practical solution to
practical system administration problems. Why don't you describe some
actual problems that you are facing and how you think Cfengine can help.
We'll then be able offer our advice.
Sincerely,
--
Neil Watson
416-673-3465
CONFI
On 2/10/2010 1:20 PM, nwat...@symcor.com wrote:
> Moving beyond the hypothetical, Cfengine is a practical solution to
> practical system administration problems. Why don't you describe some
> actual problems that you are facing and how you think Cfengine can help.
> We'll then be able offer our ad
Les, I think you'll do yourself a service by starting small. Evaluate
Cfengine in small lab. Get a feel for how Cfengine works and how you
manage objects with it. Then you'll be able to better judge how Cfengine
help you.
Sincerely,
--
Neil Watson
416-673-3465
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