Re: Host authentication failed in using cfrun to invoke cfengine!

[Mark Burgess]

Have you granted access to the file?

Run with -d2 to see the reason for the error on the server side,

Also please use version 2.1.13 or 2.1.14 (soon). 2.0.6 is old.

M

On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 10:53 +0800, Guilan Kong wrote:
> Hello,everyone!
>        I have installed cfengine-2.0.6 on two machines with Linux os
> ( one host is "orchis" the other is "opennms-server" ) in one subnet.
> Now i want to copy one file from orchis to opennms-server. So i use
> cfrun.hosts to configure cfrun daemon to invoke remote cfengine on
> opennms-server.
>       Because these two machines arein the same subnet, there is no
> DNS server in the subnet, and there is no domain in the subnet.
>       But i use domain name "bise.com "  in each config file. And i
> define "orchis.bise.com orchis" and "opennms-server.bise.com
> opennms-server" to the corresponding ip addresses in /etc/hosts files
> on both hosts. 
>       But when i run "cfrun -v" on "orchis" host,there is a problem as
> the following:
>      
>       [root@orchis root]# cfrun -v
> Domain name = bise.com
> GNU Cfengine server daemon -
> 2.0.6
> Free Software Foundation 1994-
> Donated by Mark Burgess, Faculty of Engineering,
> Oslo University College, 0254 Oslo, Norway
>  
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> Host name is: orchis
> Operating System Type is linux
> Operating System Release is 2.6.5-1.358smp
> Architecture = i686
>  
>  
> Using internal soft-class linux for host linux
>  
> The time is now Mon Mar 21 10:25:11 2005
>  
>  
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> Additional hard class defined as: 32_bit
> Additional hard class defined as: linux_2_6_5_1_358smp
> Additional hard class defined as: linux_i686
> Additional hard class defined as: linux_i686_2_6_5_1_358smp
> Additional hard class defined as:
> linux_i686_2_6_5_1_358smp__1_SMP_Sat_May_8_09_25_36_EDT_2004
>  
> GNU autoconf class from compile time: compiled_on_linux-gnu
>  
> Address given by nameserver: 192.168.40.11
> Loaded /var/cfengine/ppkeys/localhost.priv
> Loaded /var/cfengine/ppkeys/localhost.pub
> Looking for a source of entropy in /var/cfengine/randseed
> cfrun(0):         .......... [ Hailing
> opennms-server.bise.com ] ..........
> Connecting to server opennms-server.bise.com to port 0 with options
> Loaded /var/cfengine/ppkeys/root-192.168.40.4.pub
> Connect to opennms-server.bise.com = 192.168.40.4 on port cfengine
> Loaded /var/cfengine/ppkeys/root-192.168.40.4.pub
> cfrun:orchis.bise.com: Strong authentication of
> server=opennms-server.bise.com connection confirmed
> opennms-server.bise.com replies..
>  
>  Host authentication failed. Did you forget the domain name?
> cfrun:orchis.bise.com: Couldn't recv
> cfrun:orchis.bise.com: recv
> Connection with opennms-server.bise.com completed
>  
> *************************************************************************************************
>  Would anybody know the reason of this problem?
> Any advice would be appreciated!
>  Best Regards!
> orchis
> 
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