---
name: "cfexecd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "cfengine2"
version: "2.2.10-7"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cfexecd"
---

# cfexecd(8)

network configuration engine

## NAME

cfengine - network configuration engine

## SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/cfexecd

## DESCRIPTION

**cfengine** is a language based system specifically designed for testing and configuring unix-like systems attached to a TCP/IP network. Th cfexecd is a wrapper for local execution of cfagent. It may be used to capture cfagent output and send it as mail when run cron cron, e.g.

0,30 \* \* \* \* /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd -F

or it can be run in daemon mode with scheduling parameters set in cfagent.conf. All control parameters are set in cfagent.conf.

- \-F (--no-fork)

  Run the executor in non-daemom (cron wrapper) mode.

## AUTHOR

Mark Burgess, Oslo University College

## INFORMATION

http://www.cfengine.org