Re: Re: cf-agent floods logs with execv errors

getuserinfo function works in aix...

root@aixtest01: /root/cfe_testbed # /var/cfengine/bin/cf-agent -KI -f 
./getuserinfo.cf
R: I am '', root shell is '/usr/bin/ksh', and the agent was started by 
{"description":"","gid":0,"home_dir":"/root","shell":"/usr/bin/ksh","uid":0,"username":"root"}

On Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 7:06:17 PM UTC+2 [email protected] 
wrote:

> Thanks for the report Xander.
>
> It does look like that bit of policy could use some refactoring to work on 
> systems without getent.
>
> Probably we could use the `getuserinfo()` policy function instead which 
> includes the home_dir entry.
> https://docs.cfengine.com/docs/3.21/reference-functions-getuserinfo.html
>
> Let us know if you want to work on the fix.
>
> I created a ticket:
> https://northerntech.atlassian.net/browse/CFE-4375
>
> -Craig
>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 6:31 AM Xander Cage <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> a quick grep in the masterfiles showed two instances of a getent call...
>>
>> root@nimvie: /var/cfengine/masterfiles # grep -r getent *
>> lib/paths.cf:      "path[getent]"        string => "/usr/bin/getent";
>> lib/vcs.cf:        string => execresult("$(paths.getent) passwd 
>> $(repo_uid)", noshell),
>>
>> vcs.cf seemst to be the culprit...
>>
>> On Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 12:12:48 PM UTC+2 Xander Cage wrote:
>>
>>> i was just informed the getent is not a linux specific thing but is part 
>>> of posix . anyway, its not in aix so still a fix is necessary.
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:26:08 AM UTC+2 Xander Cage wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> cf-agent complains about /usr/bin/getent not found. as this is an aix 
>>>> environment this
>>>> makes no sense. getent is a linux thing.
>>>>
>>>> Apr 16 09:36:35 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[10617102]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 09:41:25 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[2556430]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 09:46:15 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[36569520]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 09:51:06 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[18416128]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 09:55:56 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[54067624]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 10:01:47 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[459462]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 10:06:37 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[20120026]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 10:11:27 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[58458376]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 10:16:17 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[58458558]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 10:21:07 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[17564104]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 10:25:57 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[43057456]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 10:31:48 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[23462412]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 10:36:37 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[4325842]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 10:41:28 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[52036014]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 10:46:18 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[18875116]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 10:51:09 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[43057622]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>> Apr 16 10:55:58 kug01132 user:err|error cf-agent[46203222]: 
>>>> CFEngine(agent)  Couldn't run '/usr/bin/getent'. (execv: No such file or 
>>>> directory)
>>>>
>>>> needs to be fixed...
>>>>
>>>> wbr
>>>>
>>>> chris
>>>>
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