update.conf interfering with cfagent.conf

[Marion Hakanson]

Folks,

In the archives, I noticed a message with the above subject dated 15-Oct-2002,
and I saw no response there.  I've noticed behavior here which seems to be
related to this earlier report.  The previous note said:

> If you have an update.conf something like this:
> 
> control:
>   action_sequence = ( copy tidy )
> 
> copy:
>   ...
> 
> tidy:
>   ...
> 
> files:
>   ...
> 
> ...and then a cfagent.conf like this:
> 
> control:
>   action_sequence = ( ... files ... )
> 
> ...then the actions listed in update.conf will be executed, even though
> the update.conf did NOT include these actions to be done.


The behavior I've noticed (with 2.0.5pre, SPARC, Solaris-8 & -9) is
that the actions in update.conf get performed during the "Main" sched,
not during the "Update" sched.  Thus my config files get updated OK,
but not until _after_ the cfagent.conf file has been parsed.  My
understanding was that the update.conf actions would get performed
(e.g. new config files would be copied into the work directory),
and _then_ the cfagent.conf file would be parsed.

Here are some trimmed-down config files (cf.globaldefs just defines macros
shared by update.conf, cfagent.conf, & cfservd.conf, so I've not included
that here):

###################################################
#
# BEGIN update.conf
#

control:

  actionsequence  = ( copy tidy )

import:
  # Get global definitions.
  cf.globaldefs

  # This file does the real configuration work, because it can
  #   inherit all the variables & classes we just imported.
  cf.update

# END update.conf
###################################################

###################################################
#
# BEGIN cf.update
#
copy:
     $(master_cfinput)            dest=$(cf_workdir)/inputs
                                  r=inf
                                  owner=root
                                  group=root
                                  mode=640
                                  type=binary
                                  exclude=*.lst
                                  exclude=*~
                                  exclude=#*
                                  server=$(policyhost)
tidy:
     $(cf_workdir)/outputs pattern=* age=21

# END cf.update
###################################################


###################################################
#
# BEGIN cfagent.conf
#
control:
        access    = ( root )
        site      = ( cse )
        sysadm    = ( address@hidden ) 
        actionsequence = (
                directories
                files
                disable
                tidy
                copy
                links
                editfiles
                shellcommands
        )
import:
        cf.globaldefs
        cf.site
# END cfagent.conf
###################################################


###################################################
#
# BEGIN cf.site
#
directories:
        /var/                           mode=755 owner=0 group=0
        $(cfst_var_basedir)             mode=755 owner=0 group=0
        $(cf_workdir)                   mode=755 owner=0 group=0
        /root                           mode=700 owner=0 group=0
        /disk                           mode=755 owner=0 group=0

files:
        /disk/$(host)/                  mode=755 owner=0 group=0 action=create

tidy:
        /root   pat=.tcshrc recurse=0 age=0

copy:
        $(master_configs)/init/$(class)/scripts/funcs.sh server=$(policyhost)
          dest=$(cfst_init_base)funcs.sh type=sum m=444 o=root g=root

# END cf.site
###################################################


###################################################

Here is some output from "cfagent -n -v" illustrating the behavior:

franklin: No preconfiguration file

 * (Changing context state to: update) *

Looking for a bootstrap file /var/cfengine/inputs/update.conf
Finished with update.conf
cfagent -n: Running in ``All talk and no action'' mode
LogDirectory = /var/cfengine
Loaded /var/cfengine/ppkeys/localhost.priv
Loaded /var/cfengine/ppkeys/localhost.pub
Checksum database is /var/cfengine/checksum.db
Job start time set to Thu Nov 21 13:50:21 2002


*********************************************************************
 Update Sched: copy pass 1 @ Thu Nov 21 13:50:21 2002
*********************************************************************

Job start time set to Thu Nov 21 13:50:21 2002


*********************************************************************
 Update Sched: tidy pass 1 @ Thu Nov 21 13:50:21 2002
*********************************************************************

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Tidying Spool Directories
---------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Tidying by directory
---------------------------------------------------------------------

No home patterns to search
Purging private classes from context update

 * (Changing context state to: main) *

Import file cf.globaldefs
Import file cf.update
Import file cf.globaldefs
Import file cf.site

. . .

*********************************************************************
 Main Tree Sched: directories pass 1 @ Thu Nov 21 13:50:21 2002
*********************************************************************

. . .


*********************************************************************
 Main Tree Sched: files pass 1 @ Thu Nov 21 13:50:21 2002
*********************************************************************

. . .


*********************************************************************
 Main Tree Sched: disable pass 1 @ Thu Nov 21 13:50:21 2002
*********************************************************************

. . .


*********************************************************************
 Main Tree Sched: tidy pass 1 @ Thu Nov 21 13:50:21 2002
*********************************************************************

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Tidying Spool Directories
---------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Tidying by directory
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Directory /var/cfengine/outputs
. . .


*********************************************************************
 Main Tree Sched: copy pass 1 @ Thu Nov 21 13:50:21 2002
*********************************************************************

Connect to policyhost.my.domain = 192.168.4.1 on port cfengine
Loaded /var/cfengine/ppkeys/root-192.168.4.1.pub
cfengine:franklin: Strong authentication of server=policyhost.my.domain
Checking copy from policyhost.my.domain:/var/master_configs/cfengine to 
/var/cfengine/inputs
. . .

###################################################


So, what am I (and the previous poster) missing?

Thanks and regards,

-- 
Marion Hakanson <address@hidden>
CSE Computing Facilities