[Spacewalk-list] 'rhncfg-client get' downloading all config files

[Mullis, Josh (CCI-Atlanta)]

Yes thank you Matthew for your suggestion as well as a good laugh.

However I think safeguards could be put into place to protect us against our own demise.
Much like "rm" does if "rm -rf /" is run.



-----Original Message-----
From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Patton
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 8:11 PM
To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] 'rhncfg-client get' downloading all config files

On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:48:27 -0400, Mullis, Josh (CCI-Atlanta)  
<Josh.Mullis at cox.com> wrote:

> Which file needs to be modified to change the "get" function of  
> "rhncfg-client" to require a "--all" flag or something similar?
> When "rhncfg-client get" is run, it grabs all files in all config  
> channels which in my opinion can be dangerous.

Come now, this is Linux. We design systems to deliberately allow dangerous  
functionality and when you get bit by our unsafe designs, we laugh and  
point at you and cluck our tongues at your noob misfortune. /sarc

rhn-actions-control --disable-deploy

is the closest thing but it doesn't stop anything but the SCHEDULED  
deployment of files which is a different animal. 'rhncfg-client' should be  
handled with extreme care, much like glicerin and 'rm -fr'.

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