Puppet users - Jul 2013 - Puppet run fails with service, succeeds with "puppet agent -t"

hi everybody,

im trying to install a package on a windows server host. my source 
parameter looks like this:

$package_filename = "check-mk-agent-1.2.3i1.exe"
 $package_name     = "Check_MK Agent 1.2.3i1"

          package { "$package_name":
             ensure   => installed,
             provider => windows,
             source =>
"\\\server/install/Tools/check_mk-agent/$package_filename",
             install_options => [''/S'',
''/D=C:\check_mk'']
          }


here is the problem: when i run "puppet agent -t" on the server , it
works
and the package is installed.

but when the puppet service (every 30 minutes) runs, there is an error:

change from absent to present failed: The source does not exist:
''\\server\install\Tools\check_mk-agent\check-mk-agent-1.2.3i1.exe''

when i open the directory 
(\server\install\Tools\check_mk-agent\check-mk-agent-1.2.3i1.exe) the file 
opens.

how can i fix this?

thank you

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On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 2:53 AM, cko <dertune@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi everybody,
>
> im trying to install a package on a windows server host. my source
> parameter looks like this:
>
> $package_filename = "check-mk-agent-1.2.3i1.exe"
>  $package_name     = "Check_MK Agent 1.2.3i1"
>
>           package { "$package_name":
>              ensure   => installed,
>              provider => windows,
>              source =>
"\\\server/install/Tools/check_mk-agent/$package_filename",
>              install_options => [''/S'',
''/D=C:\check_mk'']
>           }
>
>
> here is the problem: when i run "puppet agent -t" on the server ,
it works
> and the package is installed.
>
> but when the puppet service (every 30 minutes) runs, there is an error:
>
> change from absent to present failed: The source does not exist:
''\\server\install\Tools\check_mk-agent\check-mk-agent-1.2.3i1.exe''
>
> when i open the directory
> (\server\install\Tools\check_mk-agent\check-mk-agent-1.2.3i1.exe) the file
> opens.
>
> how can i fix this?
>
When puppet is running under the LocalSystem account, it does not have any
credentials with which to access the network. As a result, if the remote
server does not accept null sessions (which it shouldn''t), then
you''ll get
this error.[1] Of course, it works when you''re at the command prompt,
because puppet is running as you, and has credentials to access the network.

You can either enable null sessions (not recommended) or configure the
puppet service to run under a domain user account. You''ll need to add
the
user account to the local Administrators group. Unfortunately, there is a
bug in puppet that prevents it from being able to add domain users to the
local group[2], though it''s very high on our list. In the meantime, you
can
use an exec resource to do that[3].

Josh

[1] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/124184
[2] https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/17031
[3]
https://ask.puppetlabs.com/question/1403/how-can-i-add-a-domain-user-to-the-local-administrators-group/

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