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authorIan Taylor <ian@lorf.org>2009-06-05 12:39:04 -0400
committerJames Turnbull <james@lovedthanlost.net>2009-06-06 09:12:00 +1000
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diff --git a/lib/puppet/reference/configuration.rb b/lib/puppet/reference/configuration.rb
index 6c40c86ba..60cbb8639 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/reference/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/reference/configuration.rb
@@ -53,20 +53,20 @@ the parameters below, but not all of the arguments make sense for every executab
I have tried to be as thorough as possible in the descriptions of the
arguments, so it should be obvious whether an argument is appropriate or not.
-These parameters can be supplied to the executables either as command-line
+These parameters can be supplied to the executables either as command-line
options or in the configuration file. For instance, the command-line
invocation below would set the configuration directory to ``/private/puppet``::
-
+
$ puppetd --confdir=/private/puppet
-
+
Note that boolean options are turned on and off with a slightly different
syntax on the command line::
$ puppetd --storeconfigs
-
+
$ puppetd --no-storeconfigs
-The invocations above will enable and disable, respectively, the storage of
+The invocations above will enable and disable, respectively, the storage of
the client configuration.
Configuration Files
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ The file follows INI-style formatting. Here is an example of a very simple
[main]
confdir = /private/puppet
storeconfigs = true
-
+
Note that boolean parameters must be explicitly specified as `true` or
`false` as seen above.
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ will print a template configuration to standard output, which can be
redirected to a file like so::
$ puppetd --genconfig > /etc/puppet/puppet.conf
-
+
Note that this invocation will replace the contents of any pre-existing
`puppet.conf` file, so make a backup of your present config if it contains
valuable information.
Like the `--genconfig` argument, the executables also accept a `--genmanifest`
-argument, which will generate a manifest that can be used to manage all of
+argument, which will generate a manifest that can be used to manage all of
Puppet's directories and files and prints it to standard output. This can
likewise be redirected to a file::
@@ -128,16 +128,16 @@ Puppet can also create user and group accounts for itself (one `puppet` group
and one `puppet` user) if it is invoked as `root` with the `--mkusers` argument::
$ puppetd --mkusers
-
+
Signals
-------
-The ``puppetd`` and ``puppetmasterd`` executables catch some signals for special
-handling. Both daemons catch (``SIGHUP``), which forces the server to restart
-tself. Predictably, interrupt and terminate (``SIGINT`` and ``SIGTERM``) will shut
+The ``puppetd`` and ``puppetmasterd`` executables catch some signals for special
+handling. Both daemons catch (``SIGHUP``), which forces the server to restart
+tself. Predictably, interrupt and terminate (``SIGINT`` and ``SIGTERM``) will shut
down the server, whether it be an instance of ``puppetd`` or ``puppetmasterd``.
-Sending the ``SIGUSR1`` signal to an instance of ``puppetd`` will cause it to
-immediately begin a new configuration transaction with the server. This
+Sending the ``SIGUSR1`` signal to an instance of ``puppetd`` will cause it to
+immediately begin a new configuration transaction with the server. This
signal has no effect on ``puppetmasterd``.
Configuration Parameter Reference