Script Index

/usr/sbin/cabal

Control a set of SourceMage boxes on a network. This documentation was written by someone who never used cabal or looked at this code before.

Copyright

Copyright 2002 by the Source Mage Team. Some parts Copyright 2001 by Kyle Sallee

Globals

CABAL_DIRECTORY CABAL_NAMES MAX_CABALS

Synopsis

A set of functions for the Cabal distributed administration system.

function read_cabal_names()

Parameters:

• None

Globals

CABAL_NAMES CABAL

Stdout

The names of the machines in the cabal

Description

Get the names of the machines in the cabal and store in CABAL

function write_cabal_names()

Parameters:

• None

Globals

CABAL_NAMES MAX_CABALS

Description

Overwrite the cabal name file with new member names

function print_cabal_names()

Parameters:

• None

Globals

MAX_CABALS

NOTE

MAX_CABAL can be eliminated

Stdout

Names of each cabal member

Description

Print out the member of the cabal (assuming the names have been read)

function print_cabal_numbers_names()

Parameters:

• None

NOTE

Dito about MAX_CABALS

Stdout

n for all cabal members

Description

Outputs the number and name of each cabal member

function select_cabal()

Parameters:

• None

Stderr

Cabal member selection

Stdout

dialog output

Description

Pops up a dialog box for selecting a specific cabal member

function edit_cabals()

Parameters:

• None

Description

Edit the file about selected members

function show_cabals()

Parameters:

• None

Description

Show contents of a member's info file

function generate_cabal_key()

Parameters:

• None

Description

Generate SSH key for a cabal member