Puppet users - May 2012 - exec command: command works on cli, but not via puppet

I''m a noob.  I''m wondering if I''m doing something
fundamentally wrong and
am looking for some debugging advise.

I get an error that the exec command failed because it returned 1 instead 
of 0 but when I copy the command puppet outputs as an error, and paste that 
into a shell it works perfectly.  The command''s syntax is this: 

/usr/bin/mysql -uroot -ppass < /path/to/sqlfile.sql # obviously not exactly 
the same 

an exit code of 1 is "Operation not permitted" 

I have temporarily disabled selinux.  puppet can create files owned by root 
in directories that only root can create them, so it shouldn''t be a 
permissions problem.

Any ideas are very welcome. 


Marc 

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solved:

cat /path/to/sqlfile.sql | /usr/bin/mysql -uroot -ppass

works.  Obviously some issue with the redirection.

On Monday, 28 May 2012 06:18:45 UTC+10, hohum wrote:
>
> I''m a noob.  I''m wondering if I''m doing
something fundamentally wrong and
> am looking for some debugging advise.
>
> I get an error that the exec command failed because it returned 1 instead 
> of 0 but when I copy the command puppet outputs as an error, and paste that
> into a shell it works perfectly.  The command''s syntax is this: 
>
> /usr/bin/mysql -uroot -ppass < /path/to/sqlfile.sql # obviously not 
> exactly the same 
>
> an exit code of 1 is "Operation not permitted" 
>
> I have temporarily disabled selinux.  puppet can create files owned by 
> root in directories that only root can create them, so it
shouldn''t be a
> permissions problem.
>
> Any ideas are very welcome. 
>
>
> Marc 
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On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 1:18 PM, hohum <marc@marcsnet.com>
wrote:
> I get an error that the exec command failed because it returned 1 instead
of
> 0 but when I copy the command puppet outputs as an error, and paste that
> into a shell it works perfectly.  The command''s syntax is this:
Hi,

After you run your command in your shell, try running the following
command: echo $?

This will echo back the return code of the previous command, which I
suspect will be 1. Just because a command doesn''t return any output
doesn''t mean it exited 0.

If it turns out that the exit code of 1 (or whatever) is what you''d
like to consider success, you can tell Puppet what return code should
indicate success with the returns parameter:
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#exec

HTH!

--Ryan

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On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Ryan Coleman <ryan@puppetlabs.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 1:18 PM, hohum <marc@marcsnet.com> wrote:
> > I get an error that the exec command failed because it returned 1
> instead of
> > 0 but when I copy the command puppet outputs as an error, and paste
that
> > into a shell it works perfectly.  The command''s syntax is
this:
>
> Hi,
>
> After you run your command in your shell, try running the following
> command: echo $?
>
> This will echo back the return code of the previous command, which I
> suspect will be 1. Just because a command doesn''t return any
output
> doesn''t mean it exited 0.
>
> If it turns out that the exit code of 1 (or whatever) is what
you''d
> like to consider success, you can tell Puppet what return code should
> indicate success with the returns parameter:
> http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#exec
>
> HTH!
>
> --Ryan
>
If Ryan''s solution doesn''t work, can you paste the Puppet code
you''re using
for the exec?  It might also be that the redirection you''re trying to
do
requires that "provider => shell" be set.

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