cdist-type__key_value(7)

Steven Armstrong

Table of Contents

1. NAME
2. DESCRIPTION
3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS
4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
5. EXAMPLES
6. SEE ALSO
7. COPYING

1. NAME

cdist-type__key_value - Change property values in files

2. DESCRIPTION

This cdist type allows you to change values in a key value based config file.

3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS

value
The value for the key. Setting the value to __NOTSET__ will remove the key from the file.
file
The file to operate on.
delimiter
The delimiter which seperates the key from the value.

4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

key
The key to change. Defaults to object_id.

5. EXAMPLES

# Set the maximum system user id
__key_value SYS_UID_MAX --file /etc/login.defs --value 666 --delimiter ' '

# Same with fancy id
__key_value my-fancy-id --file /etc/login.defs --key SYS_UID_MAX --value 666 \
   --delimiter ' '

# Enable packet forwarding
__key_value net.ipv4.ip_forward --file /etc/sysctl.conf --value 1 \
   --delimiter '='

6. SEE ALSO

  • cdist-type(7)

7. COPYING

Copyright (C) 2011 Steven Armstrong. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).