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...a, and it is used during Node registration, to enumerate hardware information. Usage extracted from src/host-browser/host-register.rb is as follows: host_list = @qmfc.objects(:package => 'com.redhat.matahari.host', :class => 'Host') host properties used: object_id object_id.agent_key uuid hostname hypervisor arch memory This is all good, those properties do exist in new Matahari 0.4.0 schema, patch for this part would be simply: --- a/src/host-browser/host-register.rb +++ b/src/host-browser/host-register.rb @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class HostRegister < Qmf::ConsoleH...

...# Save the agent and broker bank so that we can tell what objects # are expired when the heartbeat for them stops. - values[:broker_bank] = obj.object_id.broker_bank - values[:agent_bank] = obj.object_id.agent_bank + values[:agent_key] = obj.object_id.agent_key values[:obj_key] = obj.object_id.to_s values[:class_type] = type values[:timed_out] = false @@ -370,53 +379,48 @@ class DbOmatic < Qpid::Qmf::Console end end - def object_stats(broker, obj) -...

Hi, The main (and probably the only) use case of this PAM module is to let sudo authenticate users via their ssh-agent, therefore without having to type any password and without being tempted to use the NOPASSWD sudo option for such convenience. The principle is originally implemented by an existing module [0][1] and many pages that explain how to use it for such purpose can be found online.