Sorry for the sudden tons of questions...I appreciate all the help though.
I have a stanza in my update.conf: $(master_cfinput) dest=$(workdir)/inputs r=inf mode=700 type=binary exclude=*.lst exclude=*~ exclude=#* server=$(policyhost) trustkey=true which copied all files fine. I had more than cfengine related files (known_hosts, sshd_config, etc.) that I was cpoying, then in cfagent.conf I was copying from that location to the correct location on each server. Now that I've moved the files to a separate directory and created a copy stanza in cfagent.conf, I keep getting "Can't stat" messages. All servers have the TIMEZONE set correctly (via cfengine) and all servers are running ntp. The specific message I'm getting: Checking copy from <policyhost>:/var/cfengine/masterfiles/specialfiles/known_hosts to /.ssh/known_hosts cfengine:<agentmachine>: Server returned error: Host authentication failed. Did you forget the domain name or IP/DNS address registration (for ipv4 or ipv6)? cfengine:<agentmachine>: Can't stat /var/cfengine/masterfiles/specialfiles/known_hosts in copy I have exchanged public keys, named the policyhost key root-x.x.x.x.pub on the agentmachine, named the agent machine key root-y.y.y.y.pub on the policyhost machine. x.x.x.x = policy host ip address y.y.y.y = agent machine ip address Copying via update.conf works, copying via cfagent.conf does not. Paul _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine