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NAME
     confsync - configuration syncer

SYNOPSIS
     confsync [-f] [-s] [-d] [-q]
     confsync -h

DESCRIPTION
     The confsync utility is designed to be run from cron(8) to allow managed
     hosts to sync the latest configurations from the repository.  confsync is
     effectively a confman commit operation without the overhead of a working
     copy.

     If the system is already up to date, confsync will exit without making
     any changes.  This behavior can be overridden with the -f option, which
     will force confsync to run even if the system revision equals the tar
     revision.  This is useful when files are known to have been modified on
     the live filesystem.  Note that the -f option cannot be used to sync a
     tar revision less than the system revision.

     The -s option will cause confsync to run in sleep mode.  In this mode,
     confsync will sleep for CONF_SYNC_SLEEP seconds before executing.  This
     can be used to stagger the execution of confsync across multiple managed
     hosts.

     The -d option can be used to print additional debugging information. The
     -q can be used to quiet the log messages by suppressing the "System is up
     to date" messages.

     When launched with -h, confsync will display the usage statement and
     exit.

     The use of confsync requires the use of confexport(8) and that
     CONF_EXPORT_URI be defined in confman.conf(5).

SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
     Currently, confsync does no verification on the export file. For this
     reason, it is highly recommended that you configure confsync to fetch the
     export using a protocol that is secure against man-in-the-middle and
     other nasty attacks, such as scp(1), or https.

SEE ALSO
     confman(8), confexport(8), confman.conf(5), cron(8)

AUTHORS
     Chris Cowart <ccowart@timesinks.net>

DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT         May 6, 2009        DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT