On Wednesday, May 19, 1999 at 20:41:57 -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote:
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> /etc/cron.daily/cfengine:
> cfengine:main::26: Warning: perhaps cfengine.conf has not yet been set up?
Sounds like this is exactly the case.
> 1. So, what's cfengine and how do I know if I need it? The doc in the
> /usr/doc directory is huge and obscure -- could anyone be so kind as
> to describe in a couple of words what it does?
Reads a config file and does as directed, synchronizing user lists,
passwords, or whatever you tell it.
=== From the package description (inside "dselect select" ===
cfengine - Tool for configuring and maintaining network machines
The main purpose of cfengine is to allow the system administrator to
create a single central file which will define how every host on a
network should be configured.
cfengine is also useful as an interpreter for a general scripting
language for ordinary users. It is handy for tidying up junk files and
for maintaining `watchdog' scripts to manage access rights and permissions
on files when collaborating with other users.
It takes a while to set up cfengine for a network (especially an already
existing network), but once that is done you will wonder how you ever
lived without it!
=== End package description ===
If you don't know what it is, and don't run a LAN, you probably don't
*need* it (although it's possible you could find some use for it.)
Purging it will most likely cause no problems. (Do you have any idea
how it got installed?)
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PGP Public Key available on request:
Type Bits/KeyIDDate User ID
pub 1024/CFED2D11 1998/03/05 Lazarus Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Key fingerprint = 98 2A 56 34 16 76 D5 21 39 93 99 EA 89 D4 B5 A2
