From: Simon Ruderich Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 09:13:48 +0000 (+0200) Subject: README: mention group and remove obvious sentence X-Git-Url: https://ruderich.org/simon/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2f27353fdf81b3d0dff842a4d2e24b8963a65c6b;p=safcm%2Fsafcm.git README: mention group and remove obvious sentence --- diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc index 8f1684f..7df94dc 100644 --- a/README.adoc +++ b/README.adoc @@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ all hosts which are members of this group. The configuration of all managed hosts is stored in a directory on the local host. Safcm uses https://yaml.org/[YAML] for all configuration files for its natural syntax. Strict type checks prevent potential pitfalls of more complex -YAML syntax. Tasks like copying a file require no explicit configuration (see -the documentation for details). +YAML syntax. Tasks like copying a file require no explicit configuration. Files consist of a tree of files (regular files and symbolic links) and directories with permissions, user/group and content. Files can use @@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ Commands are appended so that the same command can be executed multiple times. To sync the configuration to a remote host the local `safcm` binary connects to it via `ssh`. It then copies a _remote helper_ binary to `/tmp` on the remote host to later perform the actual sync. If the remote helper is already -present, has the proper checksum, permissions and user then the copy is +present, has the proper checksum, permissions and user/group then the copy is skipped. `safcm` then queries the remote host for information, including operating system, architecture and detected groups. With all relevant data collected it assigns the host its groups, evaluates the configuration