Re: [Cfengine] Re: cfexecd mail

[Bas van der Vlies]

Andrew Stribblehill wrote:

> Quoting Bas van der Vlies <basv@sara.nl> (2003-07-29 14:49:53 BST):
>
> > Andrew Stribblehill wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I was wondering ... wouldn't it be better if cfagent -z was an
> > > interactive command which, when given a variable name would return
> > > its value (possibly prefixed by the number of characters it was
> > > sending, for ease of parsing). This way, only Cfexecd needs to be
> > > changed to do something like this.
> > >
> > > BTW, if you choose not to go for this (and I'm willing to code the
> > > generic interface) I added some cruft at around cfexecd.c:432 which
> > > copes with old cfagents who didn't send EmailMaxLines. Since you're
> > > in the area, I'd be obliged if you removed the compatibility code if
> > > it's not too much bother.
> >
> > Sorry but i do not understand it. Do you mean:
> >   # cfagent -z sysadm
> >   12:basv@sara.nl
> >
> >   # cfagent -z smtpfrom
> >   16:cfengine@sara.nl
>
>
> Almost.
>
> # cfagent -z <<eof
> sysadm
> smtpfrom
> undefinedVariable
> emptyVariable
> eof
> sysadm=12:basv@sara.nl
> smtpfrom=20:cfengine@sara.nl
> undefinedVariable=-1:
> emptyVariable=0:
>
> How does that strike you?
Should we not use the same syntax for turning on/off actions
  cfagent -z sysadm, smptfrom, ....

It is easier to understand which variables we ask and we get back.
For me it make sense and there is a mechanism to query the cfagent
variables.

> > In this situation we still need to change cfagent.c and cfexecd.c to 
> > support new variables.
>
>
> No, cfagent.c can be coded to return the value of any variable not
> just specific ones.
>
>
> > I have made a patch against 2.0.7p3 (debian). It is a simple patch, but
> > if we choose another approach is fine for me. The patch now behaves as
> > follows if NO 'smtpfrom' variable is set it uses the default one:
> >         cfengine@<FQDN>
> >
> > I am now in the testing fase ;-)
>
>
> Glad to see you like my package :)

We are also using debian and the debian package is easy to maintain
with my own patches :-)


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