Is this what you would like to have? # add access_rule() to cf-serverd config on the policy_server
bundle server access_rules() { access: "/usr/local/etc" handle => "grant_access_etcfiles", comment => "Grant access to etc configurations", admit => { "192.168.200.2" }; # my client's IP } # here is my test policy on the client side body common control { bundlesequence => { "test" }; inputs => { "/var/cfengine/inputs/cfengine_stdlib.cf" }; } bundle agent test { vars: "policy_server" string => "192.168.200.1"; files: "/tmp/etc/." create => "true", copy_from => secure_cp("/usr/local/etc","$(policy_server)"), perms => m("644"), file_select => by_name(".*\.rc"), depth_search => recurse_nodirs("1"); } body depth_search recurse_nodirs(x) { depth => "$(x)"; exclude_dirs => { ".*" }; } # Result cf-FreeBSD# cf-agent -V This comprises cf-agent core community version 3.0.4p1 - (C) Cfengine AS 2008- cf-FreeBSD# ls -l /tmp/etc ls: /tmp/etc: No such file or directory cf-FreeBSD# cf-agent -f /tmp/test.cf -IK -> Created directory /tmp/etc/. -> Copying from 192.168.200.1:/etc/slrn.rc -> Object /tmp/etc/./slrn.rc had permission 600, changed it to 644 -> Copying from 192.168.200.1:/etc/mail.rc -> Object /tmp/etc/./mail.rc had permission 600, changed it to 644 cf-FreeBSD# ls -l /tmp/etc/ total 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 112 Mar 18 11:00 mail.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 21851 Mar 18 11:00 slrn.rc Cheers, --Nakarin On Mar 17, 2010, at 11:37 PM, Justin Lloyd wrote: > Ok, I'm stumped again. I've been working on a problem for hours. I want > to effectively do the following on each client: > > client# scp policy_host:/usr/local/etc/*.rc /usr/local/etc > > but I can't figure out how to set up the access rules and files promise. > I keep getting either access errors or a copy of the directory itself > (i.e. "."), not the *.rc files in the remote directory. Note that the > client's /usr/local/etc directory may well be empty, so I don't have a > list of files to update. I just want all of the remote location's *.rc > files. > > Any ideas on how to do this? > > Thanks, > Justin > > -- > Justin C. Lloyd > Unix Infrastructure Engineer > DigitalGlobe, An Imaging and Information Company > > > > This electronic communication and any attachments may contain confidential > and proprietary > information of DigitalGlobe, Inc. If you are not the intended recipient, or > an agent or employee > responsible for delivering this communication to the intended recipient, or > if you have received > this communication in error, please do not print, copy, retransmit, > disseminate or > otherwise use the information. Please indicate to the sender that you have > received this > communication in error, and delete the copy you received. DigitalGlobe > reserves the > right to monitor any electronic communication sent or received by its > employees, agents > or representatives. > > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@cfengine.org > https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine