Re: Updating files: db

[Frank Smith]

Can ChecksumUpdates be used in a non-global context (i.e., apply
to only hosts in some class or within an operation that is only done
on a certain class), or is it a global control statement?

Frank


--On Thursday, November 27, 2003 06:23:34 +0100 Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no wrote:

> 
> What on earth are you saying!!!
> 
> ChecksumUpdates = ( true )
> M
> 
> On 26 Nov, Frank Smith wrote:
>> I just add a shellcommand that rm's /var/cfengine/checksum.db that
>> only runs once.  I wish there was a way to just clear a particular
>> checksum, removing them all makes me nervous since there could be
>> a change sneak through before it gets rebuilt.
>> 
>>     debian.Yr2003.November.Day24.Hr19::
>>         "/bin/rm /var/cfengine/checksum.db"
>> 
>> Frank
>> 
>> --On Thursday, November 27, 2003 10:46:52 +1300 Fletch Hogan 
>> <fletch@prophecy.net.nz> wrote:
>> 
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>>> Greets
>>> 
>>> Am just starting out with cfengine so this is proberbly a real simple
>>> question, but I've been unable to figure it out.
>>> 
>>> I'm using the files: to creat md5 checksums and report errors.  I all
>>> works well.  Except there was a recent update to a number of packages on
>>> the system and so is now reporting the changes.  How do I update the md5
>>> checksums?
>>> 
>>> I'm doing a
>>> files:
>>>     /usr    mode=o-w        checksum=md5    r=inf   action=warnall
>>> 
>>> Fletch
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