[Spacewalk-list] How is the new configurable rhncfg-client diff meant to be used?

[Pierre Casenove]

Hello,
Could you please help me with this issue?

Thanks,

Pierre


2013/6/20 Pierre Casenove <pcasenove at gmail.com>

> Hello,
> I've been looking at git repository, and I'm a bit lost.
> In folder root/client/tools/rhncfg/config_client there are two different
> config files:
> rhncfgcli.conf and rhncfg-client.conf
> On my clients, there is only rhncfg-client.conf
> On the git repository, the variable "display_diff = True" is only in file
> rhncfgcli.conf. It is missing in file rhncfg-client.conf.
>
> I've been making tests on file /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
> On the local file system:
> tu-sonialdap-q02 ~ $ ls -l /etc/ssh/sshd_config
> -rw------- 1 root root 4364 Jun 13 14:21 /etc/ssh/sshd_config
> I set display_diff = True and run rhncfg-client from the commandline "diff
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config" --> it outputs the differences
> I set display_diff = False and run rhncfg-client from the commandline
> "diff /etc/ssh/sshd_config" --> it outputs the differences
> In the GUI, with both values, it puts "Differences exist in a file that
> is not readable by all. Re-deployment
> of configuration file is recommended"
>
> So, I create on the local filesystem of the client a file named
> /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhncfgcli.conf, with the content of the git repository.
> The behaviour is the same.
>
> Should I open a bugzilla to track this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pierre
>
>
>
> 2013/6/19 Pierre Casenove <pcasenove at gmail.com>
>
>> Hello
>> I can confirm this on my setup (SW 1.9 with pgsql on rhel5).
>> Is there any plan to have this feature working through the gui?
>>
>> Pierre
>> Le 26 avr. 2013 18:38, "Snyder, Chris" <Chris_Snyder at sra.com> a écrit :
>>
>> Was there ever any answer on this?  I haven't found anything in the
>>> archives and I'm looking for the exact same thing.
>>>
>>> Being able to see all diff output via the gui is really important for my
>>> environment.
>>>
>>> Thx
>>> Chris.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
>>> spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Hurrelmann
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:10 AM
>>> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
>>> Subject: [Spacewalk-list] How is the new configurable rhncfg-client diff
>>> meant to be used?
>>>
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> as one feature/fix for 1.9 the release notes state, that the
>>> configuration file diff is now configurable. I tried to get the idea
>>> behind it and this is what I have so far:
>>>
>>> The new option "display_diff = True" is needed in file
>>> /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhncfg-client.conf (when one wants to allow diff on
>>> root/nonworld readable files without the need to provide the flag "-d").
>>> At least this brings back working diff of config files in cli. But I
>>> thought it would also be evaluated for the webgui. But does it is not.
>>> Diffs initiated frpm the webgui still show:
>>>
>>> "Differences exist in a file that is not readable by all. Re-deployment
>>> of configuration file is recommended."
>>>
>>> With the proper config in rhncfg-client.conf and fix from BZ#903534
>>> (this is in SW1.9). I thought this would all work and we are back to the
>>> functionality as in SW1.7.
>>>
>>> Shouldn't the new parameter display_diff be added to the default config
>>> as provided by rhncfg-client rpm? In git I can see that it is there, but
>>> not in release rpms.
>>>
>>> http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/spacewalk.git/tree/client/tools/rhncfg/config_client/rhncfgcli.conf
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Patrick
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