Re: cfd rejects improperly on first connect after config reload

[Mark . Burgess]

On 10 Nov, Paul Commandeur wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have such a problem
> 
> When I user in my cfd.conf file a network like this:  
>   SkipVerify = ( 121.100.20)
>   AllowConnectionsFrom = ( 121.100.20 )
>   AllowMultipleConnectionsFrom = ( 121.100.20 )
> I must restart my cfd deamon every second time I copy files to my client, or
> even check the files.
> 
> When I use every single IP numbers in the AllowConnectionsFrom and
> AllowMultipleConnectionsFrom this is not nesserly.
> But, I have 50 servers now,so my cfd.conf is not readeble.
> 
> Greatings Paul
> 
> 
> 
> On 09-Nov-00 Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no wrote:
>> On  9 Nov, Alan Sparks wrote:
>>> Got a problem with 1.6.0.a11 cfd.  If the cfd.conf gets updated, the
>>> following appears in syslog (and the remote cfrun is rejected):
>>> 
>>> Nov  9 11:01:19 email06 cfengine:email06[12816]: Edited file
>>> /etc/inet/hosts
>>> Nov  9 11:15:40 email06 cfd[639]: Rereading config files
>>> /opt/cfengine/etc/cfd.conf..
>>> Nov  9 11:15:40 email06 cfd[639]: Host authentication failed or access
>>> denied
>>> Nov  9 11:15:40 email06 cfd[639]: Multithreaded version
>>> Nov  9 11:17:03 email06 cfd[639]: Executing command
>>> /opt/cfengine/sbin/cfengine ...
>>> 
>>> So, cfd is rereading its config, then not working correctly for the
>>> first connection (but OK on the second and subsequent tries). 
>>> Restarting cfd after a cfd change might be an option, I'm concerned
>>> about restarting a cfd that might be already communicating with a remote
>>> cfrun tho.
>>> 
>>> Any fix or workaround for this?  Thanks.
>>> -Alan
>>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> 
>> 
>> I have not seen this problem.  Any more info you can provide
>> would be useful if it is a problem.
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> 
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I am not sure what version you a re using, but I recently noticed that
there was a bug in the matching for series. You should upgrade to
1.6.0.a14

Mark

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