rdist deletes links and directories from root!

[Mike Duffy_1]

Good morning,

I am running rdist (version 7.0.0). It has been running fine for a few years until today!

The destination server keeps on getting /bin (link to /usr/bin) removed. I have checked the source server and have nailed it down to one of three files containing the word bin in their paths. When I run the update manualy /bin is removed. When I create a test ditribution and create "fred" in the / file system (/fred) and then create a source direcoroty containing fred (/export/home/user1/fred) rdist creates the /export/home/user1/fred but also removes /fred.

Anyone have any ideas?

[Arunvijai_4]

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=942055
http://docs.hp.com/en/B3921-90010/rdist.1.html

-Arun

[Muthukumar_5]

which platform you are using rdist? (uname -a)

Are you using configuration file with rdist or without that using command line options? Plz post the details and verbose output (-v)

hth.

[Mike Duffy_1]

Thanks for the info.

I know this is a HP forum but this problem is on one of the few solaris 2.8 boxes I manage.

I am running the following from the command line
rdist -f /opt/StEx/etc/Distfile.cm -p /opt/StEx/bin/rdistd -o remove,younger -t 20 -l syslog=all -L syslog=all test99

the infile containing test99 declares;

test99: /export/home/mduffy/basics -> ${HOSTS}

I know that the issue is with the bin in the source file structure as I have numerous other dists running in cron and not of those sources contain dist. As I said ealier if I create fred in root and then in /export/home/mduffy/basics it duplicates but also removed /fred be it either a link or directory.

[Arunvijai_4]

Since its belong to Solaris, Can you try checking these links,
http://www.adminschoice.com/docs/Solaris_Error_Messages_T_Z.htm
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/home/index.html

-Arun

[Mike Duffy_1]

Thanks, Already tried the sun path but no joy.

[Muthukumar_5 · Accepted solution]

solaris. good ;)

# rdist -f /opt/StEx/etc/Distfile.cm -p /opt/StEx/bin/rdistd -o remove,younger -t 20 -l syslog=all -L syslog=all test99

Is there any error or warning message you got logged in local syslog or remote syslog.

I just referred,

http://www.magnicomp.com/rdist/7.0/doc/rdist.html

why you are using remove option. can you try as,

# rdist -f /opt/StEx/etc/Distfile.cm -p /opt/StEx/bin/rdistd -o younger -t 20 -l syslog=all -L syslog=all test99

update with your try and error messages.

hth.

[Mike Duffy_1]

Muthukumar,

Thanks for the info.

I have tried this and it does stop deleting the /fred from root but continues to update as required. The only problem is that if I delete a file on the source the delete is not reflected on the destination.

[Muthukumar_5]

Try like simply as,

# rdist -f /opt/StEx/etc/Distfile.cm -p /opt/StEx/bin/rdistd -t 20 -l syslog=all -L syslog=all test99

May be bcas of younger setting too.

hth.

[Mike Duffy_1]

Nope this command line;

rdist -f /opt/StEx/etc/Distfile.cm -p /opt/StEx/bin/rdistd -t 20 -l syslog=all -L syslog=all test99

still removed the /bin link to /usr/bin/

[Arunvijai_4]

Are you getting any errors/warnings in syslog ?This looks starange.. Anything related with links (hard/soft) ?

-Arun

[Mike Duffy_1]

Nothing.

It seems to me that when it goes to do a remove it somehow does not use the fully qualified path to the file and so uses / as the start and so removes the wrong file.

It then does have the full path to put the file

[Muthukumar_5]

use whole setting with -o as,

# rdist -f /opt/StEx/etc/Distfile.cm -p /opt/StEx/bin/rdistd -t 20 -o whole -l syslog=all -L syslog=all test99

hth.

[Mike Duffy_1]

Nope.

Still deletes the /bin link!

[Muthukumar_5]

Use as,

# rdist -f /opt/StEx/etc/Distfile.cm -p /opt/StEx/bin/rdistd -t 20 -o whole,younger -l syslog=all -L syslog=all test99

Full path name problem will be solved with whole and deletion will be solved with younger.

hth.

[Mike Duffy_1]

Nope.

This command;

rdist -f /opt/StEx/etc/Distfile.cm -p /opt/StEx/bin/rdistd -o whole,younger -t 20 -l syslog=all -L syslog=all test99

Still removes the /bin link and also does not pass file deletes from the source to the dest.

[Muthukumar_5]

was rdist -f /opt/StEx/etc/Distfile.cm -p /opt/StEx/bin/rdistd -o younger -t 20 -l syslog=all -L syslog=all test99 working correctly?

what is that file permission of /bin and /usr/bin.

You can use ignlnks (ignore links) setting may be.

# rdist -f /opt/StEx/etc/Distfile.cm -p /opt/StEx/bin/rdistd -o ignlnks,whole,younger -t 20 -l syslog=all -L syslog=all test99

or

# rdist -f /opt/StEx/etc/Distfile.cm -p /opt/StEx/bin/rdistd -o ignlnks,younger -t 20 -l syslog=all -L syslog=all test99

Please do one thing before trying /bin as,

# source machine
# mkdir /fred/test
# ln -s /fred/test /fred/link

Now try with this remote machine.

hth.