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C +
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| Documentation note
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User reference manual available in HTML, PDF, PostScript from http://www.iu.hio.no/cfengine/documentation.phtml; User tutorial available in HTML, PDF, PostScript from http://www.iu.hio.no/cfengine/documentation.phtml
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| Full description
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Intended for sys admins, cfengine is a too … Intended for sys admins, cfengine is a tool for setting up and maintaining BSD and System 5-like operating systems optionally attached to a TCP/IP network. The program focuses on a few key areas that scripts tend to mishandle. From a single configuration files (or set of files) you specify, using classes, your network configuration; cfengine then parses the file and carries out the instructions, warning you about errors (or fixing them) as it goes. You can think of cfengine as a very high level language, higher than Perl or shell: a single command can result in many hundreds of operations being performed on multiple hosts. You can also use it as a net-wide front end for 'cron.'use it as a net-wide front end for 'cron.'
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| GNU package identifier
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cfengine +
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| Homepage URL
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http://www.gnu.org/software/cfengine +
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| Interface
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command-line +
, console +
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| Is GNU
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true +
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| Keywords
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administration +
, configuration +
, classes +
, cron +
, bsd +
, System 5 +
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| Last review by
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Andrew Engelbrecht +
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| Last review date
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15 October 2012 +
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| License
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GPLv2orlater +
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| License verified by
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Kelly Hopkins +
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| License verified date
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23 August 2010 +
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| Name
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Cfengine +
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| Real name
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Mark Burgess +
, David Masterson +
, Knut-Havard Aksnes +
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| Related projects
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Alist +
, Cron +
, Inetutils +
, PIKT +
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| Resource URL
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mailto:bug-cfengine@gnu.org +
, mailto:help-cfengine@gnu.org +
, gnu.cfengine.bug +
, gnu.cfengine.help +
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| Resource audience
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Bug Tracking +
, Developer +
, Support +
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| Resource kind
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E-mail +
, Newsgroup +
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| Revisionid
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16,139 +
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| Revisiontimestamp
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15 October 2012 13:53:33 +
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| Revisionuser
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User:Sudoman +
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| Role
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Maintainer +
, Contributor +
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| Short description
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Maintains configuration of a heterogenous UNIX network +
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| Submitted by
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Database conversion +
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| Submitted date
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1 April 2011 +
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| System-administration
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configuration +
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| Use
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system-administration +
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| User level
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intermediate +
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| Version date
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8 April 2003 +
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| Version download
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http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cfengine/cfengine-2.0.6.tar.gz +
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| Version identifier
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2.0.6 +
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| Version status
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stable +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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5 March 2013 21:55:11 +
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| Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Cfengine +
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, Cfengine +
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| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no +
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