On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 13:36 -0700, Eric Sorenson wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Christian Pearce wrote: > > > Copying a missing file: > > > > * Gives me a Host authentication error. > > > > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1246276&group_id=126712&atid=706640 > > Mark has said before that this behavior is intentional, to avoid > giving specific error information to an attacker.
But I am authenticated and the message told me the file doesn't exists. So even if I was an attacker that somehow authenticated, I still know the file doesn't exist. > > > > * elsedefine does not become defined: > > > > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1246301&group_id=126712&atid=706640 > > Yes there's definitely an assumption that the file you're trying to > copy will exist at the source location, which does not hold true once > you start using singlecopy. The "can't stat/auth failed" log message > spamminess on both client and server and this problem are follow-ons > from that assumption. I have a relation between a client and a server. Part of the agreement is that the file should exist. But if the cfengine stuff on server didn't run or was not configured to run, I want to alert the client to notify that the server might not have been setup. WE can dig into it more, but I am exhausted at the moment. -- Christian Pearce Perfect Order, Inc. http://www.sysnav.com http://www.perfectorder.com
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part
_______________________________________________ Bug-cfengine mailing list Bug-cfengine@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cfengine
