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

Do you plan to open a pull request to refactor it to use getuserinfo()?

On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 8:48 AM Xander Cage <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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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