GECOS Agent

GECOS Agent is a piece of GECOS architecture. Installed onto a GECOS compatible distribution, makes it manageable from a remote GECOS Control Center.

Version 2 substitutes a complex network of packages, configuration files and recipes with a simple agent+notification app all in one package

ATTENTION: for GECOS v2 and v3, please use gecos-agent repository and package names. From v4 and on, use gecosws-agent.

COMPONENTS

• Chef Client Wrapper: this script launches a chef-client after making some smart checks. It is called on...
  • ... Boot
  • ... Login
  • ... Logout
  • ... Shutdown
  • ... Periodic lapses
• GECOS First Login: desktop application that locks the user screen the first time he/she logs in the system, until workstation and user policies are downloaded and executed.
• Configuration Files: needed files for autolaunching Chef Client Wrapper when certain events occur (boot, login...)
  • /etc/init/gecos-first-login.conf
  • /etc/init/gecos-snitch-service.conf
  • /etc/xdg/autostart/gecos-first-login.conf
  • /etc/xdg/autostart/gecos-snitch-systray.conf
  • /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.gecos.firstlogin.conf
  • /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.gecos.chefsnitch.conf
  • /etc/sudoers
  • /etc/mdm/PostSession/default
  • /home/USER/.gecos-firstlogin
• GECOS-snitch: small applet that sits on the desktop panel and notifies the user when policies are being installed.

BUILDING

GECOS-Agent has a python standard setup script

You can use this setup to generate a source distribution gz (using python setup.py sdist) in deb_dist and then use py2dsc --suite trusty dist/gecosws-agent-X.Y.tar.gz to generate Debian source package (change X.Y properly).

Or just launch a dpkg-buildpackage and use the .deb created in the parent directory.