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| 1 2 TEMPLATING machine configurations 3 4 Matthew Dillon 5 dillon@backplane.com 6 7 This document describes a general mechanism by which you can template 8 / and /usr. That is, to keep a 'master template' of / and /usr on a --- 134 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 143 /etc/ntp.conf 144 /etc/exports 145 /root/.k5login -> /conf/ME/root/.k5login 146 147 And, of course, /conf/ME is usually a softlink to the appropriate 148 /conf/<full-host-name>/. Depending on your system configuration, 149 there may be other files not listed above that you have to worry about. 150 | 1 2 TEMPLATING machine configurations 3 4 Matthew Dillon 5 dillon@backplane.com 6 7 This document describes a general mechanism by which you can template 8 / and /usr. That is, to keep a 'master template' of / and /usr on a --- 134 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 143 /etc/ntp.conf 144 /etc/exports 145 /root/.k5login -> /conf/ME/root/.k5login 146 147 And, of course, /conf/ME is usually a softlink to the appropriate 148 /conf/<full-host-name>/. Depending on your system configuration, 149 there may be other files not listed above that you have to worry about. 150 |
| 151 In many cases, /conf/ME/filename is itself a softlink to 152 "../HT.xxxx/filename", where HT.xxxx is something like HT.STD ... this 153 added complexity actually makes it easier to manage multiple 154 classifications of machines. 155 |
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| 151 DELETION OF FILES 152 153 Any file found on the template destination that does not exist in the 154 source and is not listed as an exception by the source should be deleted. 155 However, deletion can be dangerous and cpdup will ask for confirmation 156 by default. Once you know you aren't going to blow things up, you can 157 turn this feature off and update your systems automatically from cron. 158 --- 123 unchanged lines hidden --- | 156 DELETION OF FILES 157 158 Any file found on the template destination that does not exist in the 159 source and is not listed as an exception by the source should be deleted. 160 However, deletion can be dangerous and cpdup will ask for confirmation 161 by default. Once you know you aren't going to blow things up, you can 162 turn this feature off and update your systems automatically from cron. 163 --- 123 unchanged lines hidden --- |