I'm clear on what -i does, but I thought -e was also required. I'm not a sed expert, but last time I left out -e things went rather badly.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Frederiko Costa <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi folks, > > Thanks for the quick help > > Aaron - the -i does an in place modification. If I run on the command-line, > works fine. If I don't use -i, I would have to use some sort of redirection > and replace the original file. I will try placing -e as well for testing > sake > "-i[SUFFIX], --in-place[=SUFFIX] > edit files in place (makes backup if extension supplied)" > > Frank - I will read about the augeas type. As a newbie in Puppet, it was > unknown to me. > > Thanks, > -fred > > > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Frank Sweetser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 08/26/2011 11:03 AM, Frederiko Costa wrote: >> > Hi folks, >> > >> > I have the following resource on my test environ: >> > >> > exec { "/bin/sed -i 's/^SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=disabled/' >> /etc/selinux/config": >> > path => [ '/usr/bin', '/bin' ], >> > onlyif => "/bin/grep '^SELINUX=enforcing' /etc/sysconfig/selinux >> 2>/dev/null", >> > logoutput => true, >> > } >> >> As an alternative to the exec method, you might want to look into using >> the >> augeas type instead. It's capable of reading /etc/sysconfig/selinux and >> managing the entries within it. >> >> -- >> Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution >> that >> Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. >> Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
