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| Cfengine |
| Computer languages | C + |
|---|---|
| Documentation note | 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 |
| Full description | 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.' |
| Homepage URL | http://www.cfengine.org/ + |
| Interface | command-line + , console + |
| Is GNU | true + |
| Keywords | administration + , configuration + , classes + , cron + , bsd + , System 5 + |
| Last review by | Janet Casey + |
| Last review date | 23 August 2010 + |
| License | GPLv2orlater + |
| License verified by | Kelly Hopkins + |
| License verified date | 23 August 2010 + |
| Name | Cfengine + |
| Real name | Mark Burgess + , David Masterson + , Knut-Havard Aksnes + |
| Related projects | Alist + , Cron + , Inetutils + , PIKT + |
| Resource URL | mailto:bug-cfengine@gnu.org + , mailto:help-cfengine@gnu.org + , gnu.cfengine.bug + , gnu.cfengine.help + |
| Resource audience | Bug Tracking + , Developer + , Support + |
| Resource kind | E-mail + , Newsgroup + |
| Revisionid | 5,533 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 12 April 2011 14:45:26 + |
| Revisionuser | WikiSysop + |
| Role | Maintainer + , Contributor + |
| Short description | Maintains configuration of a heterogenous UNIX network + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| System-administration | configuration + |
| Use | system-administration + |
| User level | intermediate + |
| Version date | 5 July 2010 + |
| Version download | http://www.cfengine.org/tarballs/download.php?file=cfengine-3.0.5p1.tar.gz + |
| Version identifier | 3.0.5 + |
| Version status | stable + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 25 May 2012 01:44:39 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no + |
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