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| -rw-r--r-- | man/man8/puppet.8 | 9 |
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diff --git a/man/man8/puppet.8 b/man/man8/puppet.8 index 2fd2ab102..53e527070 100644 --- a/man/man8/puppet.8 +++ b/man/man8/puppet.8 @@ -44,10 +44,9 @@ Note that boolean options are turned on and off with a slightly different syntax .PP The invocations above will enable and disable, respectively, the storage of the client configuration. .PP -As mentioned above, the configuration parameters can also be stored in a configuration file located in the configuration directory (/etc/puppet by default). The file is named for the executable it is intended for, for example /etc/puppetd.conf is the configuration file for -.B puppetd. +As mentioned above, the configuration parameters can also be stored in a configuration file located in the configuration directory (/etc/puppet by default). The file is called puppet.conf. .PP -The file, which follows INI-style formatting, should contain a bracketed heading named for the executable, followed by pairs of parameters with their values. Here is an example of a very simple puppetd.conf file: +The file, which follows INI-style formatting, should contain a bracketed heading named for each executable, followed by pairs of parameters with their values. Here is an example of a very simple puppet.conf file: .PP \h"4"[puppetd] .br @@ -60,9 +59,9 @@ Note that boolean parameters must be explicitly specified as true or false as se .PP If you're starting out with a fresh configuration, you may wish to let the executable generate a template configuration file for you by invoking the executable in question with the --genconfig command. The executable will print a template configuration to standard output, which can be redirected to a file like so: .PP -\h"4"$ puppetd --genconfig > /etc/puppet/puppetd.conf +\h"4"$ puppetd --genconfig > /etc/puppet/puppet.conf .PP -Note that this invocation will "clobber" (throw away) the contents of any pre-existing puppetd.conf file, so make a backup of your present config if it contains valuable information. +Note that this invocation will "clobber" (throw away) the contents of any pre-existing puppet.conf file, so make a backup of your present config if it contains valuable information. .PP Like the --genconfig argument, the executables also accept a --genmanifest argument, which will generate a manifest that can be used to manage all of .B Puppet's |