Re: 2.1.11 cfexecd runs update.conf immediately, ignoring SplayTime

[Mark Burgess]

No - you need splaytime in update.conf if you want it apply there.

M

On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 09:18:14AM +0000, Jim Wight wrote:
> I don't know whether this came in at 2.1.11 - I haven't upgraded since
> 2.1.8, and it wasn't there then - but in investigating 2.1.11 I notice
> that when cfexecd is started in daemon mode, when a run is scheduled in
> daemon mode, and when cron fires up cfexecd in non-daemon mode, cfagent
> immediately contacts the server (if update.conf is configured to do
> that) irrespective of any SplayTime settings in update.conf.
> 
> It's only after 
> 
> /var/cfengine/bin/cfagent -Q 
> smtpserver,sysadm,fqhost,ipaddress,EmailMaxLines,EmailFrom,EmailTo -D 
> from_cfexecd
> 
> has been run that a normal (no arguments) cfagent run goes to sleep,
> obeying SplayTime.
> 
> This is not good news for servers if all clients spring into action at
> the same time.
> 
> An oversight, surely.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
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