Re: (no subject)

[Mark . Burgess]

On 17 Sep, David M. Arroyo Díaz wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I've got a small problem that I've never seen before. I've got a machine
> with cfengine 1.6.3 (Linux) running cfd. I´ve setup a simple "copy" script,
> and run in debug mode the cfengine from a client machine and I receive this
> message.
> 
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Checking file images:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> cfengine:dns: Couldn't lookup IP address
> cfengine:dns: gethostbyaddr: Success
> cfengine:dns: Server registration procedure failed
> cfengine:dns: Unable to establish connection with mazinger.yacom.net
> Saving the setuid log in /var/run/cfengine/cfengine.dns.log
> 
> 
> About the dns, I'm quite confident about it because I've got 223 machines
> doing the same work with the same resolver and the same configuration and I
> see no problem.
> 
> 
> 
> The script I'm launching on the client machine is as simple as this:
> 
> ------------BEGIN OF FILE---------------------
> control:
> 
>         domain = ( yacom.net )
>         actionsequence =
>         (
>         copy
>         )
> 
> copy:
>         any::
>         /root/cfengine/cfg_file dest=/export/home/admin/cfengine/cfg_file
> owner=gmtpadm server=mazinger.yacom.net
> ------------END OF FILE-----------------------
> 
> The purpose of this is to copy a file from the distributor server
> (mazinger.yacom.net) to the local host.
> 
> I'm using cfengine 1.6.3 in all of the servers/clients.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 


I have seen this happen if there is a DNS timeout, and
it requires a secondary server. 

M

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