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Re: Config files
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Adrian Phillips |
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Re: Config files |
Date: |
22 Mar 2002 13:50:14 +0100 |
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>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Arends <richard@unixguru.nl> writes:
Richard> Yes, that's true, but i'm also want to use it if some
Richard> fucked something and then copy is probably the best
Richard> option.
Richard> For example:
Richard> { /etc/pam.d/login AppendIfNoSuchLine "password required
Richard> pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=8 difok=4" }
Richard> And someone who isn't that smart, put the following in
Richard> /etc/pam.d/login: password required pam_cracklib.so
Richard> retry=30 minlen=3 difok=4"
Richard> Now my 'AppendIfNoSuchLine' wil not match and i have 2
Richard> line's for the same configuration option. In cases like
Richard> this, copy is the best thing i think...
Good solution for that - do a copy of a base file first then an
editfiles action afterwards. That means any hand changes will be
discarded and, as I far as I am concerned, that is a good thing in
most cases. Trying to mix cfengine and hand changes is possibly a
recipe for disaster.
Sincerely,
Adrian Phillips
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